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Willcox Playa 008

Basic information

Name: Willcox Playa 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: United States
Mass: 28.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 103	(2014)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 15 Feb 2014

Writeup

Writeup from MB 103:

Willcox Playa 008 32°5.75’N, 109°53.32’W

Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Found: 2006 Feb 05

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: Found on intermediate shoreline on a dry lake during a meteorite-recovery team effort led by Robert Verish.

Physical characteristics: A single rusty-brown, weathered stone.

Petrography: (A. Rubin, UCLA) Equilibrated, groundmass contains calcite.

Geochemistry: L6 W3 S2; Fa_24.7±0.2, (n=8); Fs_21.0Wo_1.5, (n=8)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6).

Specimens: A total of 6.6 g and one polished thin section are on deposit at UCLA. The main mass is held by Verish.

Data from:
  MB103
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State/Prov/County:	Arizona
Origin or pseudonym:	Intermediate shoreline of dry lake
Date:	2006 Feb 05
Latitude:	32°5.75'N
Longitude:	109°53.32'W
Mass (g):	28.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W3
Fayalite (mol%):	24.7±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.0
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	6.6
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Verish
Finder:	R. Verish
Comments:	Field ID = V1002; submitted by R.Verish

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)
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. 103, MAPS 52, 1014, May 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12888/full

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(32° 5' 45"N, 109° 53' 19"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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