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Lucerne Valley 042
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 042
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 042
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 2.17 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  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:
  MB89
  Table 2
  Line 61:
State/Prov/County:San Bernardino, CA
Date:26 Mar 2004
Latitude:34°29.157'N
Longitude:116°57.822'W
Mass (g):2.17
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.2±0.4
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA, C. Donnelly
Type spec mass (g):0.78
Main mass:finder
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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 29' 9"N, 116° 57' 49"W)

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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