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Stump Spring 038
Basic information Name: Stump Spring 038
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SS 038
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: United States
Mass:help 66 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 112  (2023)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 8 Nov 2023
Data from:
  MB112
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:Fluvial sands and clays
Date:2003 Jun 19
Latitude:35°59.6'N
Longitude:115°49'W
Mass (g):66
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):27.70±0.73 (n=59)
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.27±1.41 (n=46)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.40±0.24 (n=46)
Classifier:D. H. Hill
Type spec mass (g):20.34
Type spec location:UAz
Main mass:S. Clary
Finder:S. Clary
Comments:monomict breccia; orange staining; some melt veins; most remnant chondrules are BO; prominent curved metal grain; submitted by D. H. Hill
Institutions
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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 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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