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Lucerne Valley 101
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 101
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 101
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: United States
Mass:help 4 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  CK4
Recommended:  CK4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as CK4.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 12 Dec 2010
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:California
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake bed
Date:2008 Mar 29
Latitude:34°29.159'N
Longitude:116°57.356'W
Mass (g):4.0
Pieces:7
Class:CK4
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):33.0±0.7 (n=8)
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):0.9
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:P. Desilets
Finder:P. Desilets
Comments:Probably paired to LV 028; submitted by P. Desilets
Institutions
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UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 29' 10"N, 116° 57' 21"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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