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Basic information | Name: Daveytown 006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: United States Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
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 11 Oct 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 108:
Daveytown 006 41°19.552’N, 117°52.316’W Nevada, United States Find: 2018 Oct 03 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: This stone was recovered by Robert Verish while he was searching for meteorites along the margin of a sand-dune field. Physical characteristics: The physical description for this 6.6 g chondritic stone is identical to Daveytown 003 and 004, such as, many chondrules stand-out in high relief on the exterior surface. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Composed of small to medium-sized chondrules (average ~0.4 mm) in a fine-grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa18.8±0.8 (N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs18.3±1.3Wo1.7±0.1, (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H4) Specimens: 1.32 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 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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