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Lucerne Valley 014
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 014
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 014
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: United States
Mass:help 3.4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 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)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table 4
  Line 14:
Date:26 Sep 1998
Latitude:34°30.08'N
Longitude:116°57.88'W
Mass (g):3.4
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.3 ± 0.2
Classifier:University of California, Los Angeles
Finder:Beth and Bob Verish
Comments:Main mass, GO; paired LV 016
Institutions
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Verish: Robert Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Lab, P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA 92046, United States; Website (private address; updated 27 May 2009)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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by Beth and Robert Verish   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 30'N, 116° 58'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 30' 5"N, 116° 57' 53"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.2 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1895 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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