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| Basic information | Name: Red Dry Lake 079 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RdDL 079 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: United States Mass:  2.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 8604 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 27 Jul 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Red Dry Lake 079 (RdDL 079) 35°39.05’N, 114°1.66’W Arizona, USA Find: 2009 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Found in 2009 by meteorite-hunter, John Wolfe, while visually searching the surface of the dry lake. Physical characteristics: This meteorite is a well-rounded, nearly-whole individual stone. The exterior is dark, grayish-brown and is 90% covered with a 2 mm-thick, relict fusion-crust, which is smooth and has very little in the way of rust-spots. A cut surface shows the interior is half-tan and half-orange in color, with few distinct chondrules in a compact matrix with very low metal-grain content, and few troilite grains. Petrography: (Daniel Sheikh, FSU) Chondrule boundaries blurred (700±100 µm, N=3). Recrystallized matrix with plagioclase (10-25 µm). Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa22.6±0.9 (N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs19.4±0.9Wo2.5±0.7 (N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L5) Specimens: 2.16 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 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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