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| Basic information | Name: Sheephole Valley This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: United States Mass:  62.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 5996 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Sheephole Valley San Bernardino County , California, USA Found 1999 September 25 Ordinary chondrite (H4) Two stones weighing 43.0 and 19.1 g were found by Arthur Jones while he was searching a dry lake bed for meteorites. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): Fa18.2±0.3; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: type specimen, 9.2 g, UCLA; 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 263 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names) This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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