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Lucerne Valley 013

Basic information

Name: Lucerne Valley 013
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 013
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: United States
Mass: 14 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 85:

Lucerne Valley 013

Lucerne Valley (LV) 013 has now been classified by A. Rubin (UCLA) as L5, shock stage S2, weathering grade W3. LV 013 is probably paired with LV 014 and LV 016.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 4
  Line 13:

Date:	9 May 1992
Mass (g):	4.1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:
Weathering grade:
Fayalite (mol%):	25.2
Classifier:	Arizona State University
Finder:	Byron Groves
Comments:	Main mass with finder

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. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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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 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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