Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lucerne Valley 017

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Lucerne Valley 017

Basic information

Name: Lucerne Valley 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 017
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: United States
Mass: 12.8 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11044 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)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Lucerne Valley Meteorites, new classifications

(Two meteorites)

San Bernardino County, California, USA

Found 1963 to 1999

Two meteorites listed in Meteoritical Bulletin 83 have now been classified by A. Rubin (UCLA). Lucerne Valley 002: class, LL4; shock stage, S2, weathering grade, W3; olivine, Fa_27.5±0.6. Lucerne Valley 017: class, L6; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W4; Fa_25.5±0.6. Neither meteorite can be paired with certainty to any other find from this region.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table 4
  Line 17:

Date:	30 Mar 1999
Mass (g):	12.8
Finder:	Ronald N. Hartman
Comments:	Main mass with finder

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)
Hartman: The R. N. Hartman Collection, 20687-2 Amar Rd., Walnut, CA 91789 , United States; Website (private address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
by Ron Hartman

Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 30'N, 116° 57'W)
Recommended::	(34° 30'N, 116° 57'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 257 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1836 approved meteorites from United States (plus 358 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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