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Bluewing 037
Basic information Name: Bluewing 037
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: United States
Mass:help 37.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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 22 May 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:Dry Lake bed
Date:2009 Sept 9
Latitude:40°16.914'N
Longitude:118°56.816'W
Mass (g):37.2
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):19.1 ± 0.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.5
Wollastonite (mol%):1.2
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):10.1
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Delbert Waterbury
Finder:Delbert Waterbury
Comments:Submitted by Delbert Waterbury
Institutions
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UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (40° 16' 55"N, 118° 56' 49"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 184 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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