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Stewart Valley 009

Basic information

Name: Stewart Valley 009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: United States
Mass: 375 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	LL5
Recommended:			LL5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 3298 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 22 May 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 100:

Stewart Valley 009 (StV 009) 36°10.534’N, 116°09.540’W

California, USA

Found: 2003 Apr 05

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5)

Physical characteristics: A single oblong, gray-brown, 40% fusion-crusted stone, that is unpaired.

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1911:

State/Prov/County:	California
Origin or pseudonym:	mudflat
Date:	2003 Apr 05
Latitude:	36°10.534'N
Longitude:	116°09.540'W
Mass (g):	375
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	26.5±1.2% n=5
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	20
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	R. Verish
Comments:	Field name S345-1; 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° 10' 32"N, 116° 9' 32"W)

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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