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Stewart Valley 017

Basic information

Name: Stewart Valley 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 017
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: United States
Mass: 156 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 102	(2013)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 2 Jul 2013

Writeup

Writeup from MB 102:

Stewart Valley 017 (StV 017) 36°14.465’N, 116°11.218’W

Nye County, Nevada, United States

Found: 2006 Oct 21

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: The 6th and 7th finds of more than two dozen freshly fusion-crusted, whole individual L6 chondrites, forming an overlapping strewn-field.

Physical characteristics: Two freshly fusion-crusted fragments that physically pair to form a whole individual.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	dry lake
Date:	2006 Oct 21
Latitude:	36°14.465'N
Longitude:	116°11.218'W
Mass (g):	156
Pieces:	2
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.0±0.3 (n=8)
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	29.05
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Deborah McCorkle and Kim Cathcart
Comments:	Field ID = Shadow Mountain 4.; submitted by 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. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(36° 14' 28"N, 116° 11' 13"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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