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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:help 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
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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
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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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