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Desert Willow
Basic information Name: Desert Willow
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: United States
Mass:help 11.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 501 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 12 Feb 2009
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 3
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Date:16-Mar-07
Latitude:32.319°N
Longitude:111.077°W
Mass (g):11.3
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S1-2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.3
Classifier:D. Hill, UAz
Type spec mass (g):2.4
Type spec location:Uaz
Main mass:MParis
Comments:Olivine, Fa17.3 ± 0.80 (PMD = 4.62); pyroxene, Fs15.3 ± 0.67 (PMD = 4.37)
Institutions
   and collections		 UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (32° 19' 8"N, 111° 4' 37"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 169 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1866 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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