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Roach Dry Lake 027
Basic information Name: Roach Dry Lake 027
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RhDL 027
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: United States
Mass:help 18.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 23:
State/Prov/County:Clark, NV
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake
Date:5 May 2002
Latitude:35°40.847'N
Longitude:115°20.437'W
Mass (g):18.65
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.8
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):3.48
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:RMatson
Finder:RMatson
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)
RMatson: Rob Matson, 1 Veneto, Newport Coast, CA 92657, United States (private address; updated 22 May 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (35° 40' 51"N, 115° 20' 26"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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