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Stump Spring 035

Basic information

Name: Stump Spring 035
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SS 035
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: United States
Mass: 1502 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 112	(2023)	L4-5
Recommended:			L4-5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 30 approved meteorites classified as L4-5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 8 Nov 2023

Writeup

Writeup from MB 112:

Stump Spring 035 (SS 035) 35°59.6’N, 115°49’W

Nevada, United States

Find: 2003 May 13

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L4-5)

Petrography: Monomict breccia with well-defined chondrules. Includes a 200 µm kamacite grain with high Ni taenite inclusions. UA 1965 thin section exhibits thick rind of darker chondritic material ~3 mm thick and two very low Fs chondrules (Fs₄and Fs₁₂) with sulfide rims.

Geochemistry: Kamacite has 0.79±0.11 wt% Co

Data from:
  MB112
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State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	Fluvial sands and clays
Date:	2003 May 13
Latitude:	35°59.6'N
Longitude:	115°49'W
Mass (g):	1502
Pieces:	42
Class:	L4-5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	24.07±0.74 (n=59)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.46±5.02 (n=46)
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.97±0.57 (n=46)
Classifier:	D. H. Hill
Type spec mass (g):	53.55
Type spec location:	UAz
Main mass:	S. Clary
Finder:	S. Clary
Comments:	Submitted by D. H. Hill

Institutions
and collections

UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Clary: Ralph "Sonny" Clary, Las Vegas, NV 89131 , United States; Website (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(35° 59' 36"N, 115° 49' 0"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 184 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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