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Superior Valley 011

Basic information

Name: Superior Valley 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SuV 011
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 2.52 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 46:

State/Prov/County:	San Bernardino, CA
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	6 Jul 2001
Latitude:	35°14.17'N
Longitude:	117°02.58'W
Mass (g):	2.52
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.5 ± 0.7
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	0.62
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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(35° 14'N, 117° 3'W)
Recommended::	(35° 14' 10"N, 117° 2' 35"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 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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