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Willcox Playa 011

Basic information

Name: Willcox Playa 011
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: United States
Mass: 41 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12347 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 6 Oct 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Willcox Playa 011 32°7.0’N, 109°53.3’W

Arizona, United States

Find: 2018 Jan 22

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: A single stone was recovered by Mr. Chris McDoniel while he was searching for an old aircraft crash site. Field ID#: UU180122A

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrule boundaries blurred (900±100 μm, N=4). Recrystallized coarse-grained matrix with plagioclase (60 μm). Interconnected shock melt veins.

Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa_25.1±0.2.N=49; orthopyroxene, Fs_22.4±0.2Wo_3.0±0.1, N=51.

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L6)

Specimens: 8.2 grams at UCLA; main mass with Robert Verish.

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Arizona
Origin or pseudonym:	Willcox Playa
Date:	2018 Jan 22
Latitude:	32°7.0'N
Longitude:	109°53.3'W
Mass (g):	41
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.1±0.2 (N=49)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.4±0.2 (N=51)
Wollastonite (mol%):	3.0±0.1
Classifier:	D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):	8.2
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Robert Verish
Comments:	Submitted by Daniel Sheikh

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)
FSU: Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-4100, United States (institutional address; updated 16 Dec 2010)
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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(32° 7' 0"N, 109° 53' 18"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 178 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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