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Red Dry Lake 006

Basic information

Name: Red Dry Lake 006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RdDL 006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 40 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 31:

State/Prov/County:	Mohave, AZ
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	28 Dec 2001
Latitude:	35°37.6231'N
Longitude:	114°2.6013'W
Mass (g):	40
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19.2 ± 0.2
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	8
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Verish

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)
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. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Robert Verish

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(35° 38'N, 114° 3'W)
Recommended::	(35° 37' 37"N, 114° 2' 36"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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