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Nova 063

Basic information

Name: Nova 063
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: United States
Mass: 18.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 109	(2020)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 2 Aug 2020

Writeup

Writeup from MB 109:

Nova 063

California, United States

Find: 2016 Dec 12

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: A single 18.25 g stone was purportedly found in California by Robert Verish on December 12, 2016.

Physical characteristics: A flat brownish-black fragment with a weathered fusion-crust. The one side not covered in fusion-crust has patches of a shiny-black desert-patina. The interior is just as dark as the exterior.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrule boundaries blurred (600±50 μm, N=2). Recrystallized coarse-grained matrix with plagioclase (20-40 μm). Numerous interconnected iron-oxide veins. Troilite, FeNi-metal, and chromite are also present.

Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa_19.8±0.2(N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs_18.9±0.2Wo_1.9±0.1(N=25).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5)

Specimens: 4.8 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	California
Date:	2016 Dec 12
Mass (g):	18.25
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	19.8±0.2 (N=25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.9±0.2 (N=25)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9±0.1 (N=25)
Classifier:	D. Sheikh, FSU; A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	4.8
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Robert Verish
Comments:	Fieldname = UU161212F; submitted by Daniel Sheikh; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Public domain photographs:
Daniel Sheikh

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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