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Bluewing 039

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: 42 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6459 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

Writeup

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, Fa_17.6±1.1(N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs_15.7±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
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State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	drylake
Date:	2014 May 27
Latitude:	40°16.663'N
Longitude:	118°56.800'W
Mass (g):	42
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	17.6±1.1 (N=25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.7±1.3 (N=25)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.6 (N=25)
Classifier:	D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):	8.4
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Robert Verish
Comments:	Fieldname = UU140527; thin-section ID# = V-BW-V; submitted by Daniel Sheikh

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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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 16' 40"N, 118° 56' 48"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 181 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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