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| Basic information | Name: Elbert This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1998 Country: United States Mass:  681 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2880 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Elbert Elbert County, Colorado, USA Fell 1998 January 11 Ordinary chondrite (LL6) A fireball was observed over Elbert County and reported in several local newspapers. A single 680.5 g stone was found in a field on 2000 March 4, by Dustin Riffel, a five-year-old boy, while walking with his mother on their family property. Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): Olivine, Fa30.5 ± 0.44, shock stage S2, weathering grade W0. Specimens: type specimen, 19 g, UCLA; main mass with Riffel family. | ||||||||||||
| 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. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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