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Spruce 001

Basic information

Name: Spruce 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: United States
Mass: 983 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 12 Oct 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Spruce 001 40.801 N, 114.701 W

Nevada, USA

Found: 2011 Nov 28

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: Found on Spruce Dry Lake by Nola Lighthart

Physical characteristics: A total of 13 pieces of the same brown broken stone, some with relatively fresh fusion crust (combined weight 983 g). The largest individual piece weighs 338 g, and five of the pieces can be reassembled into a 598 g mass.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Only a few chondrules visible.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_24.9-25.1), orthopyroxene (Fs_20.3-20.9Wo_1.0-1.7), clinopyroxene (Fs_8.1-9.9Wo_45.0-43.4)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

Specimens: A total of 49 g of sample and one polished thin section are on depsoit at UWB. The remaining material is held by Ms. N. Lighthart of Twin Falls, ID.

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Date:	2011 Nov 28
Latitude:	40.801 N
Longitude:	114.701 W
Mass (g):	983
Pieces:	13
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.9-25.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.3-20.9
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.0-1.7
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	49
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	N. Lighthart
Finder:	N. Lighthart
Comments:	Submitted by A. Irving

Institutions
and collections

UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Photos:

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John Harrison
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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(40° 48' 4"N, 114° 42' 4"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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