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Ioka
Basic information Name: Ioka
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1931
Country: United States
Mass:help 31.5 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.5
Recommended:  L3.5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 98 approved meteorites classified as L3.5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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Writeup from MB 30:
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IOKA, Duchesne County, Utah, USA; φ = 40°15'N, λ = 110°05'W.

FOUND 1931, 31 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (40° 15'N, 110° 5'W)
     Recommended::   (40° 15'N, 110° 5'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites from Utah, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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