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Yucca 016

Basic information

Name: Yucca 016
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: United States
Mass: 25.9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 10254 approved meteorites (plus 18 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 9 Mar 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Yucca 016 34°49.595’N, 114°16.658’W

Mohave County, Arizona, USA

Found: 14 Nov 2011

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found by Jim Wooddell in a meteorite search area.

Physical characteristics: Dark reddish brown exterior. A saw cut reveals dark-brown matrix with light-colored patches, very fine metal/sulfide, a single light-colored chondrule 5 mm diameter.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination shows olivine, pyroxene, a few plagioclase, abundant kamacite, some fine oxidized weathering veins. POP and BO chondrules some with mesostasis, most 50-500 μm.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Wilson, UNM) (EMPA) Olivine Fa_18.3±0.9, Fe/Mn=39±4, n=21; low-Ca pyroxene Fs_16.6±0.7Wo_1.2±0.3, Fe/Mn=23±1, n=19; high-Ca pyroxene Fs_10.7Wo_43.5, Fe/Mn=31; plagioclase Ab_79.9An_13.7Or_6.4.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5), weathering grade W2.

Specimens: 21.2 g plus thin section on deposit at UNM.

Data from:
  MB102
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State/Prov/County:	Arizona
Date:	14 Nov 2011
Latitude:	34°49.595'N
Longitude:	114°16.658'W
Mass (g):	25.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.3±0.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6±0.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2±0.3
Classifier:	C. Agee, UN
Type spec mass (g):	21.2
Type spec location:	UNM
Main mass:	UNM
Finder:	Jim Wooddell
Comments:	Submitted by C. Agee

Institutions
and collections

UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Jim Wooddell

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(34° 49' 36"N, 114° 16' 39"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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