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Red Dry Lake 031
Basic information Name: Red Dry Lake 031
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RdDL 031
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: United States
Mass:help 4.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  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:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 18:
State/Prov/County:Mojave, AZ
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake
Date:18 May 2002
Latitude:35°41.84'N
Longitude:114°3.70'W
Mass (g):4.8
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:R. Jones, UNM
Type spec mass (g):0.95
Main mass:J. and K. Rhodes
Finder:J. & K. Rhodes
Institutions
   and collections		 UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (35° 41' 50"N, 114° 3' 42"W)

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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