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Yelland Dry Lake
Basic information Name: Yelland Dry Lake
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: United States
Mass:help 76 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6434 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2010
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake bed
Date:16 May 2007
Latitude:39°21.04'N
Longitude:114°24.47'W
Mass (g):76 kg
Pieces:hundreds
Class:H4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.5±0.2 (n=7)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3
Wollastonite (mol%):2.2 (n=2)
Classifier:Alan Rubin
Type spec mass (g):61.58
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Sonny Clary
Finder:Sonny Clary
Comments:found on dry lake; submitted by Sonny Clary
Institutions
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UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
Clary: Ralph "Sonny" Clary, Las Vegas, NV 89131 , United States; Website (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
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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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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (39° 21' 2"N, 114° 24' 28"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 158 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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