Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for El Mirage Dry Lake 001

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El Mirage Dry Lake 001

Basic information

Name: El Mirage Dry Lake 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EMDL 001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: United States
Mass: 1.5 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 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)

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 3
  Line 20:

State/Prov/County:	San Bernardino, CA
Origin or pseudonym:	Dry lake
Date:	14 Oct 2000
Latitude:	34°39.26'N
Longitude:	117°35.783'W
Mass (g):	1.5
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.6 ± 0.3
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA)
Type spec mass (g):	0.3
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	PHarris
Finder:	Paul Harris

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)
PHarris: Paul Harris, PMB#455, P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, United States (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Paul Harris
Robert Verish

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 39'N, 117° 36'W)
Recommended::	(34° 39' 16"N, 117° 35' 47"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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