Lucerne Valley

Table 4. Meteorites from Lucerne Dry Lake, Lucerne Valley, CA, USA
Name Latitude Longitude Wt. (g) Found Class Fa (mol%) Shock WG Pairings Finder Main Mass Type Speciman
  (34degN) (116degW)                    
LV 001     15.8 Jul-63 L6 24.3%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 LV 004 Ronald N. Hartman Dupont Thin-sect with Ron Oriti
LV 002     5.8 Aug-63 LL4 27.5%+/-0.6 S2 W3 unpaired Ronald A. Oriti Oriti IGPP (thin section)
LV 003     7.5 Aug-63 H6 18.0%+/-0.4 ~S3 W3 unpaired Ronald A. Oriti lost in mail ASU
LV 004 **     37.4 Oct-63 L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 LV 001 Ronald N. Hartman Hartman Thin-sect with Hartman
LV 005 **     3.1 " " " " " fragment of LV 004 Ronald N. Hartman Buddhue consumed in testing
LV 006     26.9 Nov-63 H4 18.2%+/-0.4 ~S2 W3 LV 008, 009, 010 Roderick W. Leonard Leonard  
LV 007     4.8 Nov-63           Roderick W. Leonard Leonard NOT TESTED
LV 008     2.0 Dec-64 H4 18.5%+/-0.4 S2 W3 LV 006, 009, 010 Steve Lieberman Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 009     3.0 Apr-65 H4 18.7%+/-0.2 S2 W2 LV 006, 008, 010 Darryl Futrell Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 010     6.4 Dec-65 H4 18.2%+/-0.4 S2 W3 LV 006, 008, 009 Alan Crisp Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 011     3.8 May-68 L6 24.5%+/-0.2 S4 W3 unpaired Richard Russell Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 012     1.2 May-68 H6 19.4%+/-0.3 S2 W3 unpaired Darwin Ochs Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 013     4.1 May-92 L5 25.3%+/-0.3 S2 W3 LV 014, LV 016 Byron Groves Groves ASU
LV 014 30.082' 57.882' 3.4 26-Sep-98 L5 25.3%+/-0.2 S2 W3 LV 013, LV 016 Beth and Bob Verish Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 015 30.574' 57.347' 12.5 25-Oct-98 LL6 30.9%+/-0.1 S3 W2 unpaired Bob Verish Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 016 30.747' 57.047' 4.1 14-Nov-98 L5 25.2%+/-0.2 S2 W3 LV 013, LV 014 Bob Verish Griffith IGPP (thin sect.)
LV 017     12.8 30-Mar-99 L6 25.5%+/-0.6 S3 W4 unpaired Ronald N. Hartman Hartman IGPP (thinsection)
                         
** = physically paired by Ron Oriti.                        
Characterization performed by C. Moore (ASU) and A. Rubin (IGPP) after Verish et al. (1999)                        


Last Updated on 2/28/2001
By Robert Verish