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Isla del Espíritu Santo
Basic information Name: Isla del Espíritu Santo
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Mexico
Mass:help 869 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 12:
State/Prov/County:Baja Calif. Sur, Mexico
Date:1999, 2001
Latitude:24°31'N
Longitude:111°22'W
Mass (g):869
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):22
Main mass:L. Johnson, Monument, Colo
Finder:Larry Johnson
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

Mexico
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (24° 31'N, 111° 22'W)
     Recommended::   (24° 31'N, 111° 22'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Baja California Sur, Mexico
     This is 1 of 112 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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