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Tule Valley
Basic information Name: Tule Valley
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass:help 17.7 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  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:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 32:
State/Prov/County:Millard, Utah
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake
Date:3 Feb 2001
Latitude:38°59'55"N
Longitude:113°22'54"W
Mass (g):17.69
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.4
Classifier:A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):3
Main mass:D. Morris, Spring City, Utah
Finder:Daniel Morris
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (38° 59' 55"N, 113° 22' 54"W)
     Recommended::   (38° 59' 55"N, 113° 22' 54"W)

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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