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| 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:  1100 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 469 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
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: |
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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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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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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