Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lorenzo

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Lorenzo

Basic information

Name: Lorenzo
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1941
Country: United States
Mass: 612 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 91	(2007)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 28 Mar 2007

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 3
  Line 8:

Origin or pseudonym:	Field
Date:	1941
Latitude:	41°02'N
Longitude:	102°53'W
Mass (g):	611.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.8 ± 0.4
Classifier:	G. Huss, ASU/UH
Type spec mass (g):	581.1
Type spec location:	ASU
Main mass:	DMNS [published as "Denver"]
Finder:	A. Brauer

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
DMNS: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 2011)
UH: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States (institutional address; updated 25 Oct 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Impactika

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 2'N, 102° 53'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 50 approved meteorites from Nebraska, United States
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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