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| Basic information | Name: Alkali This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1998 Country: United States Mass:  30.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 4528 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), H chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 83:
Alkali Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA Found 1998 July 20 Ordinary chondrite (H6) Two stones, weighing a total of 30.47 g, were recovered two miles apart by Nicholas Gessler from the dry surface of Alkali Lake. Mineralogy and classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa19.3; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: type specimen, 5.4 g, UCLA; main mass, Gessler. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, Box 706, 22148 Monte Vista Road, Topanga, CA 90290-0706, USA (private address) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 92 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 9 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1677 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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