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Basic information | Name: Sunfair 002 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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11372 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Feb 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 108:
Sunfair 002 34°11.490’N, 116°14.130’W California, United States Find: 2013 September 13 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A single 14.55 g stone was found among the gravels on the margin of a playa by Robert Verish on September 13, 2013, while part of a three person recovery team searching for additional meteorites from this locality. Physical characteristics: This dark brownish-black, 14.55 g, nearly whole stone, with deeply weathered cracks, has a typical dry-lake smooth exterior, that of having a relict fusion-crust that has been devitrified and then sand/silt-polished while exhumed. A cut surface reveals an area of numerous, small metal-grains with visible chondrules, as well as a darker area with no visible metal grains or chondrules. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrules blurred. Recrystallized coarse-grained matrix with plagioclase (15-30 μm). Interconnected iron-oxide veins. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa18.6±0.3 (N=25); orthopyroxene Fs17.3±0.3Wo2.4±0.1 (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5) Specimens: 3.4 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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