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| Basic information | Name: Bullhead City This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: United States Mass:  4.97 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13053 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 9 Nov 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Bullhead City 35°11.16’N, 114°27.18’W Arizona, United States Find: 23 Jan 2012 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: A 3.3 g fusion crusted meteorite was found on Jan 23, 2012, by Todd Parker while he was hunting meteorites on light-colored limestone in the Mohave Desert. Two days later, Larry Atkins found a 119 g crusted individual more than 3 miles away. Since then, 17 stones weighing a total of 4.97 kg have been recovered, the largest weighing 1225 g, indicating a possible strewn field. Samples from 3 different stones were characterized by Alan Rubin, UCLA. Petrography: The rock contains thin veins of metal-sulfide, 50-μm-size plagioclase grains and fine-grained metal-sulfide intergrowths. Geochemistry: The 3 stones have the following descriptions and compositions: L6, W2, S4, olivine Fa24.5±0.4 (n=12); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs21.5Wo1.7 (n=3); L6, W1, S4, olivine Fa24.3±0.4 (n=9); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs20.8Wo1.5 (n=8); and L6, W2, S4, olivine Fa24.2±0.2 (n=11); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs20.8Wo1.5 (n=7). When averaged: L6 W2 S4, Fa24.3±0.4 (n=32, Fs20.9±0.3Wo1.5±0.1 (n=18). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 180 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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