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Roach Dry Lake 002
Basic information Name: Roach Dry Lake 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RhDL 002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass:help 5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 20:
State/Prov/County:Clark, NV
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake
Date:1 Aug 2000
Latitude:35°39.56'N
Longitude:115°22.30'W
Mass (g):5
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Fayalite (mol%):23
Classifier:M. McGehee, ASU
Type spec mass (g):1.8
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:J. Blennert
Finder:John Blennert
Comments:Probably paired with Devil Peak
Institutions
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ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (35° 39' 34"N, 115° 22' 18"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 184 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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