Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Old Dominion Mine

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Old Dominion Mine

Basic information

Name: Old Dominion Mine
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass: 42 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6459 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 25:

State/Prov/County:	San Bernardino, CA
Origin or pseudonym:	Mining site
Date:	13 Oct 2000
Latitude:	34°51.575'N
Longitude:	116° 13.268'W
Mass (g):	42
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.8 ± 1.8
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	9.1
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Tobin
Finder:	James Tobin

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)
Tobin: J. Tobin, The Meteorite Exchange, PMB #455, P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, United States (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
James P. Tobin
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Robert Verish

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 52'N, 116° 13'W)
Recommended::	(34° 51' 34"N, 116° 13' 16"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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