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El Mirage Dry Lake 004
Basic information Name: El Mirage Dry Lake 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EMDL 004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: United States
Mass:help 271 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 26 Oct 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 450:
State/Prov/County:California
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake bed
Date:14 May 2011
Latitude:34°39'28.2"N
Longitude:117°35'56.1"W
Mass (g):271
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W0
Fayalite (mol%):29.9±0.2 (n=11)
Ferrosilite (mol%):26.3
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7
Classifier:Alan Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):26
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:with finder
Finder:Lynn Peltier Murphy
Comments:Submitted by Alan Rubin
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)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 39' 28"N, 117° 35' 56"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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