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Cuddeback Dry Lake 018
Basic information Name: Cuddeback Dry Lake 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CdDL 018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: United States
Mass:help 8.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 99  (2011)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 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 1 Mar 2011
Data from:
  MB99
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:San Bernardino County, California
Origin or pseudonym:Dry lake bed
Date:16 Jan 2008
Latitude:35° 17.183' N
Longitude:117° 28.983' W
Mass (g):8.5
Pieces:1
Class:H4
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W5
Fayalite (mol%):17.8±0.2 (n=14)
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.9 (n=11)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5 (n=11)
Classifier:A. Rubin, UCLA
Type spec mass (g):2.1
Type spec location:UCLA
Main mass:Verish
Finder:Dustin Stober
Comments:Field ID = CdDL-018-DS-3. In addition to the type specimen mass, a thin section is available.; submitted by Verish
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)
Verish: Robert Verish, Meteorite-Recovery Lab, P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA 92046, United States; Website (private address; updated 27 May 2009)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (35° 17' 11"N, 117° 28' 59"W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1925 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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