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| Basic information | Name: La Esmeralda This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: Mexico Mass:  483 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
La Esmeralda Coahuila , Mexico Found 1999 June or July Ordinary chondrite (L6) A 483 g stone was found by a rancher and recognized as a meteorite by Padre Jaime Lienert. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa25.1±0.4; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W4. Specimens: main mass, John and Marcella Hopkins, 1765 Soledad Way, San Diego, California 92109, USA; type specimen, 16 g, U CLA. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Coahuila, Mexico This is 1 of 113 approved meteorites from Mexico (plus 4 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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