Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Stewart Valley 001

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Stewart Valley 001

Basic information

Name: Stewart Valley 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 75.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6686 approved meteorites (plus 5 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:

Approved 22 May 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Stewart Valley 001 (StV 001) 36°12.348’N, 116°10.225’W

California, USA

Found: 2001 Feb 17

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Physical characteristics: Type-specimen is from the 4th find (of more than 1000 fragments continually being found from this locality); a weathered-brown broken stone; a few finds are whole individuals with relatively fresh fusion crust (combined weight in excess of 24 kg). Some pieces can be reassembled into their original mass.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1903:

State/Prov/County:	California
Origin or pseudonym:	dry lake
Date:	2001 Feb 17
Latitude:	36°12.348'N
Longitude:	116°10.225'W
Mass (g):	75.6
Pieces:	>1000
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.4±0.2% n=3
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	53.15
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	R. Verish
Comments:	Field name RSV004a; submitted by R.Verish

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)
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. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
John A. Shea

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(36° 12' 21"N, 116° 10' 14"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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