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| Basic information | Name: Black Rock 008 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: United States Mass:  37.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8974 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 Apr 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Black Rock 008 40°57.877’N, 119°02.462’W Nevada, United States Find: 2006 Nov 04 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: This stone was recovered by Robert Verish along the eroded margin of a dry lake. Physical characteristics: This 37.1 g fragment is half of a whole stone, with a dark-brown interior and a brown, relict fusion-crust on the exterior surface. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrules absent. Recrystallized matrix with plagioclase (10-30 μm). Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa23.67±0.9 (N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs19.24±0.9Wo1.77±0.3 (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L5) Specimens: 12.37 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010) Verish: Robert Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Lab, P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA 92046, United States; Website (private address; updated 27 May 2009) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 185 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1934 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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