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Lucerne Valley 004
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1963
Country: United States
Mass:help 37.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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:
  MB83
  Table 4
  Line 4:
Date:Oct 1963
Mass (g):37.4
Class:L6
Shock stage:~S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.2 ± 0.3
Classifier:Arizona State University
Finder:Ronald N. Hartman
Comments:Main mass with finder; paired LV 001
Institutions
   and collections
Hartman: The R. N. Hartman Collection, 20687-2 Amar Rd., Walnut, CA 91789 , United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Left : Lucerne Valley 005. Right : Lucerne Valley 004. Ron Hartman   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 30'N, 116° 57'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 30'N, 116° 57'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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