Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Silver Dry Lake 001

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Silver Dry Lake 001

Basic information

Name: Silver Dry Lake 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SvDL 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass: 219 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 29:

State/Prov/County:	San Bernardino, Calif.
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	27 May 2000
Latitude:	35°22.4'N
Longitude:	116°7.5'W
Mass (g):	218.8
Pieces:	2
Class:	L4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	18
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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Rob Matson

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(35° 22'N, 116° 8'W)
Recommended::	(35° 22' 24"N, 116° 7' 30"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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