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Stewart Valley 008

Basic information

Name: Stewart Valley 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 4.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	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:

Approved 22 May 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Stewart Valley 008 (StV 008) 36°14.246’N, 116°10.334’W

Nevada, USA

Found: 2001 Jul 14

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Physical characteristics: A single small, orange-brown, weathered fragment (most likely paired to StV 001).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1910:

State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	dry lake
Date:	2001 Jul 14
Latitude:	36°14.246'N
Longitude:	116°10.334'W
Mass (g):	4.2
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	19.5±1.1% n=3
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	4.2
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	G. LaBarbera
Comments:	Field name JLB-260; 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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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(36° 14' 15"N, 116° 10' 20"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 184 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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