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| Basic information | Name: Misfits Flat 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: United States Mass:  326 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3238 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 27 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Misfits Flat 001 39°20.88’N, 119°22.92’W Nevada, USA Find: 22 Sept 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) History: (P. Jenniskens, SETI): A meteorite was found by Scot Harlan of Salinas on Misfits Flat dry lake near Stagecoach, Nevada on Sept. 22, 2013. In 18 subsequent visits up to November 11, 2014, a total of 56 stones of weathering stage W2/3 were found with a combined mass of 326 g in a small 350 × 180 m area. Physical characteristics: (P. Jenniskens, SETI): Most were fragments from broken up individuals and found near each other in a small 350 × 180 m area. At least one meteorite in that area (MF7) was fully crusted and fresh looking. Petrography (M. Zolensky, NASA JSC): Sample MF1 contained 7-10 mm sized, well- to poorly-defined chondrules. MF16 shows only a few chondrules. Undulatory extinction was observed for the majority of the olivine crystals. Samples MF16, MF10, and MF13 were found to be the same type. Geochemistry: Mineralogy and Geochemistry (M. Zolensky, JSC): MF16 had an average olivine composition of Fa25.8 (8 best analyses). The percentage mean deviation (PMD) was 1.5%. The CaO content of olivine ranged from 0.02 to 0.04 wt%. Low-Ca pyroxene had an average composition of Fs23.2 Wo1.8 (4 best analyses), with PMD of 0.4%. Kamacite was observed as well as coarse-grained plagioclase. Classification (M. Zolensky, JSC): LL5, S2, W2 Specimens: Type specimens (MF16 and MF33) at UCLA. Main mass (45.7 g) with finder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) SETI: SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, 189 Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043, United States (institutional address; updated 22 May 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 181 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1919 approved meteorites from United States (plus 867 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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