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| Basic information | Name: Daule This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 2008 Country: Ecuador Mass:  6.58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8641 approved meteorites (plus 4 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 17 Feb 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 98:
Daule 1°52’15.2"S, 79°57’27.2"W Guayas, Ecuador Fell: 23 March 2008, ~9 AM local time (UT-5) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: People in Daule and the surrounding region heard a series of loud detonations and, moments later, two stones were seen to fall. A single stone fell outside a home next to the Daule River. The homeowner was less than 5 m from the stone, which penetrated nearly 1 m into the mud and bounced out, landing on the surface. He picked up the stone moments later. Another stone was reported to have impacted into a flooded rice paddy and sent a fountain of water several meters in the air; this stone has not been recovered. Physical characteristics: The recovered stone weighed 6.58 kg. Petrography (Jeff Grossman, USGS): A shocked ordinary chondrite with abundant melt veins; shock stage, S4; weathering grade, W0. Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa24.5±0.5 (n=41); low-Ca pyroxene, Fs20.8±0.5 Wo1.4±0.2 (n=12). Classification: L5 chondrite. Specimens: 20 g, SI; main mass, MFarmer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB98 Table 1 Line 3: |
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| Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, United States; Website (private address) USGS: US Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, United States (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Guayas, Ecuador This is the only approved meteorite from Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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