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Daveytown 002

Basic information

Name: Daveytown 002
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: 15.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

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 11 Oct 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Daveytown 002 41°19.547’N, 117°52.298’W

Nevada, United States

Find: 2014 May 31

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5)

History: This stone was recovered by Robert Verish while he was searching for meteorites on a small drylake, on a north-facing stranding-surface.

Physical characteristics: This 15.65 g, well-rounded, whole stone has a smooth, orange-stained exterior with several patches of relict fusion-crust. Cut surface exposes a dark-brown interior with abundant troilite grains.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrules (200-400 µm, N=17). Recrystallized matrix with plagioclase (10-30 µm).

Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa_23.5±0.6(N=25); orthopyroxene, Fs_21.7±0.7Wo_2.0±0.4, (N=25).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L5)

Specimens: 4.13 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish.

Data from:
  MB108
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State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	dry lake
Date:	2014 May 31
Latitude:	41°19.547'N
Longitude:	117°52.298'W
Mass (g):	15.65
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	23.5±0.6 (N=25)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.7±0.8 (N=25)
Wollastonite (mol%):	2.0±0.4 (N=25)
Classifier:	D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):	4.13
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	Robert Verish
Comments:	Fieldname = N140531B; lab ID# = V14DB; 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. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Public domain photographs:
Robert Verish

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(41° 19' 33"N, 117° 52' 18"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 158 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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