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Diablo Pass
Basic information Name: Diablo Pass
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: United States
Mass:help 247 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  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)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 3
  Line 7:
Origin or pseudonym:Desert ridge
Date:2004 Dec 20
Latitude:33°39.809'N
Longitude:114°17.524'W
Mass (g):246.6
Pieces:16
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):25.0 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5 ± 0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5 ± 0.2
Classifier:L. Bleacher, ASU
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:K. Semanko
Finder:K. Semanko
Institutions
   and collections		 ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Keith Semanko   
Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (33° 39' 49"N, 114° 17' 31"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, 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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