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Roosevelt County 106
Basic information Name: Roosevelt County 106
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RC 106
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass:help 98.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11472 approved meteorites (plus 6 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)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 28:
State/Prov/County:Roosevelt, NM
Origin or pseudonym:soil blow-out
Date:1 Feb 2001
Latitude:34°13'N
Longitude:103°56'W
Mass (g):98.8
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S6
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.6
Classifier:G. Huss, ASU
Type spec mass (g):98.8
Main mass:ASU
Finder:S.Wilson
Institutions
   and collections		 ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 13'N, 103° 56'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 226 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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