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Superior Valley 026
Basic information Name: Superior Valley 026
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SuV 026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: United States
Mass:help 15.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2012 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [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 15:
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake
Date:2006 May 27
Latitude:35°14.175'N
Longitude:117°2.783'W
Mass (g):15.8
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):24.5 ± 0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):3.9
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:G. Stanley
Finder:G. Stanley
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)
Stanley: No contact information provided. (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (35° 14' 11"N, 117° 2' 47"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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