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Dale Dry Lake
Basic information Name: Dale Dry Lake
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1957
Country: United States
Mass:help 300 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.7
Recommended:  L3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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Writeup from MB 30:
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DALE DRY LAKE, San Bernardino County, California, USA; φ = 34°02'N, λ = 115°5'W.

FOUND 1957, 0.3 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (34° 2'N, 115° 54'W)
     Recommended::   (34° 5'N, 115° 47'W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 12.1 km apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 269 approved meteorites from California, United States (plus 24 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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