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Basic information | Name: Bluewing 039 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6415 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 9 Aug 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 108:
Bluewing 039 40°16.663’N, 118°56.800’W Nevada, USA Find: 2014 May 27 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Found in 2014 May 27 by Robert Verish, while he was visually searching the surface of the dry lake for meteorites. Physical characteristics: Brown, orange-segment-shaped, weathered fragment, with chondrules standing out in relief in a friable matrix. Cut surface reveals a mottled interior in various shades of brown. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Composed of small to medium-sized chondrules (average ~0.35 mm) in a fine-grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa17.6±1.1 (N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs15.7±1.3Wo 1.6±0.6 (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H4) Specimens: 8.4 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) Verish: Robert Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Lab, P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA 92046, United States; Website (private address; updated 27 May 2009) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 158 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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