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Lake Los Angeles (b)

Basic information

Name: Lake Los Angeles (b)
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: United States
Mass: 177.3 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12583 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 15 Aug 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Lake Los Angeles (b) 34°38.430’N, 117°48.079’W

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Found: 2014 Jan 5

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Found by Stephen Poterala while he was meteorite hunting along the southeastern edge of a sand dune boundary between sand dunes and interdune mud flats.

Physical characteristics: A single stone measuring 82 × 50 × 37 mm with a complete, lightly weathered fusion crust. One edge of the stone is a smooth oriented surface.

Geochemistry: (A. Rubin, UCLA) EMPA Olivine: Fa_24.7±0.2(n=9) Low-Ca pyx: Fs_20.6±0.2Wo_1.5±0.3(n=9) Ca-pyx: Fs_8.2Wo_44.3(n=3)

Specimens: Type specimen, thin section on deposit, UCLA

Data from:
  MB103
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	California
Date:	2014 Jan 5
Latitude:	34°38.430'N
Longitude:	117°48.079'W
Mass (g):	177.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7±0.2 (n=9)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.6±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.3 (n=9)
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	30.8
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Stephen Poterala
Finder:	Stephen Poterala
Comments:	Field Name LLA2 UCLA 1892b; submitted by J. Wooddell

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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Michael Mulgrew

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(34° 38' 26"N, 117° 48' 5"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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