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| Basic information | Name: Yelland 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: Yd 001 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: United States Mass:  4.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Dec 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Yelland 001 (Yd 001) 39°33’28.83"N, 114°25’37.74"W White Pine Co., Nevada, USA Found: 2011 Aug 29 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: A small stone was found by John Harrison near the edge of a dry lake bed adjacent to the Red Hills Range, Nevada, on August 29, 2011. Physical characteristics: The 4.5 g broken stone is partly coated by black fusion crust. Fresh metal is visible on a cut surface. Petrography: Rare indistinct chondrules. Constituent minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite, kamacite and Ni-poor taenite. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.3-25.5, orthopyroxene Fs20.5-20.9Wo1.9-1.7, clinopyroxene Fs8.3Wo43.2-43.4. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, S2, W1/2). Specimens: A 1.1 g specimen is on deposit at UWS. The main mass is held by Mr. J. Harrison. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1941: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 158 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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