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Lucerne Valley 018
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: United States
Mass:help 0.97 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6120 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 13:
State/Prov/County:San Bernadino, CA
Origin or pseudonym:dry lake
Date:15 Mar 2002
Latitude:34°29.276'N
Longitude:116°56.928'W
Mass (g):0.97
Pieces:1
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.5
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):0.38
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:RMatson
Finder:RMatson
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)
RMatson: Rob Matson, 1 Veneto, Newport Coast, CA 92657, United States (private address; updated 22 May 2012)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 29' 17"N, 116° 56' 56"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 262 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1861 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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