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Eldorado Valley 003

Basic information

Name: Eldorado Valley 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EV 003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: United States
Mass: 2.72 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 104	(2015)	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 23 Apr 2015

Writeup

Writeup from MB 104:

Eldorado Valley 003 (EV 003) 35°55.35’N, 114°47.53’W

Nevada, United States

Find: 2 April 2014

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)

History: This stone was found by J. Franske while he was hunting for meteorites on open desert.

Physical characteristics: This stone is essentially pyramidal in shape, approximately 80% fusion crusted, and exhibits regmaglypts.

Petrography: A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA. Plagioclase grains are typically 60-100 μm in size. The rock exhibits weak mosacisim but does not exhibit maskelynite.

Data from:
  MB104
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State/Prov/County:	Nevada
Origin or pseudonym:	Open Desert
Date:	2 April 2014
Latitude:	35°55.35'N
Longitude:	114°47.53'W
Mass (g):	2721
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	23.9±0.2 (n=15)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20.3±0.3
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.6±0.2 (n=12)
Classifier:	A. Rubin and J. Breen, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):	23.7
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	L. Atkins
Finder:	J. Franske
Comments:	a second stone was found in the vicinity that is likely paired.; submitted by L. Atkins

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)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(35° 55' 21"N, 114° 47' 32"W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 155 approved meteorites from Nevada, United States (plus 4 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1866 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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