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Nicolás Levalle

Basic information

Name: Nicolás Levalle
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1956
Country: Argentina
Mass: 60 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 99	(2011)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 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 12 Oct 2010

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Buenos Aires
Origin or pseudonym:	Near a lagoon
Date:	2 Dec 1956
Latitude:	38°51'1"S
Longitude:	62°52'44"W
Mass (g):	60000
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9±0.2 (n=6)
Classifier:	Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):	22.7
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Sociedad Meteorítica Argentina.
Comments:	Possible fall. The specimen was reportedly found by a farmer a few days after a meteorite fell near a lagoon. The meteorite remained in a farm for many years. The meteorite is possibly related to a fall reported by the newspapers of that time (Diario la Nación Buenos Aires, 3 December 1956).; submitted by Oscar A. Turone

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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
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Franco Vignato

Geography:

Argentina

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(38° 51' 1"S, 62° 52' 44"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Buenos Aires, Argentina (plus 3 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 81 approved meteorites from Argentina (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters)

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