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Nova 069
Basic information Name: Nova 069
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2021
Country: Unknown
Mass:help 37.3 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11131 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 22 Oct 2022
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Writeup from MB 111:

Nova 069

Unknown

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Purchased from Rex Chiao online in 2021 by Sheng Hou. Original location unknown.

Physical characteristics: One stone with dark-brown fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) Sample is an equilibrated ordinary chondrite containing accessory secondary recrystallized feldspar (~30 μm), FeNi metal, troilite, and merrillite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.1±0.2, range Fa17.9-18.6, n=20), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs16.4±0.4Wo1.4±0.2, range Fs16.0-17.6Wo1.1-1.7, n=17).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5)

Specimens: 37.3 grams at Cascadia, main mass with Sheng Hou.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Online
Date:P 2021
Mass (g):37.3
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):18.1±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.4±0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.2
Classifier:D. Sheikh, Cascadia
Type spec mass (g):8.00
Type spec location:Cascadia
Main mass:Sheng Hou
Comments:CML 1531; submitted by Daniel Sheikh
Institutions
   and collections		 Cascadia: Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department of Geology, Room 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 111, in preparation (2022)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is the only approved meteorite from Unknown

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