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Stewart Valley 022
Basic information Name: Stewart Valley 022
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: StV 022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2013
Country: United States
Mass:help 2.84 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 18 Nov 2013
Data from:
  MB102
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:California
Origin or pseudonym:Playa
Date:2013 Apr 27
Latitude:36°11.924'N
Longitude:116°10.626'W
Mass (g):2.835
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):28.8±0.2 (n=20)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.5±0.3 (n=12)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.1
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):1.2
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:UCLA
Finder:Doug Ross
Comments:Field Name DR37; shield-shaped oriented fragment with frothy black crust. The rock is very recrystallized with poorly defined chondrules. Plagioclase grains exceed 50 um in size.; submitted by Alan Rubin
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)
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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° 11' 55"N, 116° 10' 38"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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