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Chandler
Basic information Name: Chandler
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: United States
Mass:help 350 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11509 approved meteorites (plus 6 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 22 Feb 2011
Revised 1 Aug 2011: Revised coordinated entered
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Maricopa Co., Arizona
Origin or pseudonym:Near the edge of a plowed field
Date:24 Jan 2009
Latitude:33°14.735'N
Longitude:111°53.780'W
Mass (g):350.4
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):25.1 (range 25.1 to 25.2; n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.6 (range 20.5 to 20.8; n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.59 (range 1.34 to 1.65; n=4)
Magnetic suscept.:4.72
Classifier:Laurence Garvie
Type spec mass (g):22.69
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:Anne Black
Finder:Laurence Garvie
Comments:Contains minor accessory Ca phosphates (± Cl) to 500 microns. In addition to the type specimen mass, three thin sections and two polished stubs are on deposit.; submitted by Laurence Garvie
Institutions
   and collections		 ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
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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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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (33° 14' 44"N, 111° 53' 47"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 169 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1866 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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