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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, Fs18.9±0.2Wo1.9±0.1 (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5) Specimens: 4.8 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) |