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Lucerne Valley 050
Basic information Name: Lucerne Valley 050
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LV 050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: United States
Mass:help 6.9 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 5963 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)
Comments: Approved 21 Sep 2005
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 4
  Line 12:
State/Prov/County:San Bernardino, CA
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake
Date:5 Feb 2005
Latitude:34°29.237'N
Longitude:116°57.500'W
Mass (g):6.85
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):17.8 ± 0.1
Classifier:A. Rubin
Type spec mass (g):1.8
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:M. Matson
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. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (34° 29' 14"N, 116° 57' 30"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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