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Lucerne Valley 046
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 046
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 046
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 10.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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 65:
State/Prov/County:San Bernardino, CA
Date:9 Jul 2004
Latitude:34°29.245'N
Longitude:116°58.410'W
Mass (g):10.32
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):24.4±0.3
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):2.7
Main mass:P. Gessler
Finder:P. Gessler
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)
Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, 2010 Calgary Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90077, United States (private address; updated 7 Jul 2016)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 29' 15"N, 116° 58' 25"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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