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Cleghorn Lakes
Basic information Name: Cleghorn Lakes
     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:help 1100 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 477 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 31 Jan 2020
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Writeup from MB 109:

Cleghorn Lakes        34°15.396’N, 115°47.188’W

California, USA

Find: 2018 May 13

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)

History: On May 13, 2018, while searching for meteorites, Robert Verish found in a saddle (formed by the pediment of two mountain ridges) a tight cluster of many fragments of a stony meteorite.

Physical characteristics: Over 150 angular fragments were recovered (total over 1100 g) with many that could be physically paired, but not enough to reconstruct the original mass. Many fragments are missing, estimated to be 30%. A return trip to the find site resulted in only an additional 20 g.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Abundant chondrules (900±50 μm) set in a fine-grained matrix containing accessory chromite, Fe oxides, and stained Fe-Ni metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.7-44.3, n=53), Low-Ca Pyroxene (Fs1.2-29.9Wo0.2-3.9, n=83).

Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (LL3) due to chondrule size and magnetic susceptibility.

Specimens: 40 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish.

Data from:
  MB109
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:California
Origin or pseudonym:saddle
Date:2018 May 13
Latitude:34°15.396'N
Longitude:115°47.188'W
Mass (g):>1100
Pieces:>150
Class:LL3
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):0.7-44.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.2-29.9
Wollastonite (mol%):0.2-3.9
Magnetic suscept.:4.01
Classifier:D. Sheikh, FSU
Type spec mass (g):40
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Verish
Finder:Robert Verish
Comments:Field ID = C180513-clustr ; Lab ID = Dead1; 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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 15' 24"N, 115° 47' 11"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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