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| Basic information | Name: Sunstone Knoll This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1985 Country: United States Mass:  15.6 g | ||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Sunstone Knoll Millard County, Utah, USA Found 1985, May 21 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). A single 15.6 g mass was found during a meteorite search on a dry lake bed on the W shore of Little Salt Lake, Millard County, Utah, USA. (T. E. Schmidt, Tiara Observatory, P. O. Box 1059, Colorado Springs, CO 80901, USA) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites from Utah, 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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