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Danby Dry Lake

Basic information

Name: Danby Dry Lake
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass: 8.99 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 18 Dec 2010: Corrected recommended coords

Writeup

Writeup from MB 86:

Danby Dry Lake 34°13' N, 115°3' W
Erratum: The coordinates listed in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 85 were incorrect; the correct ones are given above.

Writeup from MB 98:

Danby Dry Lake coordinates are 34°13'N, 115°3'W.

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 4:

State/Prov/County:	San Bernardino, Calif.
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	17 Sep 2000
Latitude:	37°43.61'N
Longitude:	114°47.19'W
Mass (g):	131
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2/3
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	19
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3
Classifier:	G. Huss (ASU)
Type spec mass (g):	12.7
Main mass:	Bill Peters, Gilbert, Arizona
Finder:	Bill Peters
Comments:	Breccia, with rounded clasts.

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Jim Wooddell
Robert Verish
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Raymond Borges
Robert Verish
Robert Zdancewicz
Woreczko Jan & Wadi

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 13'N, 115° 3'W)
Recommended::	(34° 13'N, 115° 3'W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 110.9 km apart

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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