Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Stewart Valley 011

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Stewart Valley 011

Basic information

Name: Stewart Valley 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 011
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: United States
Mass: 49.6 g

Classification
history:

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

This is 1 of 6548 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 011 (StV 011) 36°12.610’N, 116°10.095’W

California, USA

Found: 2003 Oct 12

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

Physical characteristics: Type specimen is the entire mass of the 673rd find from this locality; a single small, gray-brown, relict fusion-crusted stone (most likely paired to StV 001).

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1913:

State/Prov/County:	California
Origin or pseudonym:	dry lake
Date:	2003 Oct 12
Latitude:	36°12.610'N
Longitude:	116°10.095'W
Mass (g):	49.6
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W5
Fayalite (mol%):	19.0±0.2% n=3
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	48.4
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	R. Verish
Comments:	Field name N31012; 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° 12' 37"N, 116° 10' 6"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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