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Tule Valley Hardpan 001
Basic information Name: Tule Valley Hardpan 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TVH 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: United States
Mass:help 5.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 9037 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 3 Dec 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1921:
State/Prov/County:Utah
Origin or pseudonym:playa
Date:20 June 2009
Latitude:38°56'35"N
Longitude:113°22'42"W
Mass (g):5.1
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):22
Wollastonite (mol%):2
Classifier:Joseph Boesenberg, AMNH
Type spec mass (g):1.2
Type spec location:AMNH
Main mass:BYU
Finder:Jani Radebaugh, BYU
Comments:Found during a BYU geology/astronomy club activity.; submitted by Joseph Boesenberg
Institutions
   and collections
AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013)
BYU: Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young Univeristy, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, United States (institutional address; updated 3 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (38° 56' 35"N, 113° 22' 42"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites from Utah, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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