Basic information Name: Clifford
Mass: 11.36 kg
NHM Catalogue: 5th Edition (2000) L6
Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 84 (2000) L6
MetBase: v. 7.1 (2006) L6
This is 1 of 11470 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Writeup from MB 84:
Lincoln County , Colorado, USA
Found ~ 1962
Ordinary chondrite (L6)
An 11.36 kg stone was found in uncultivated rangeland by a local resident who thought it looked unusual and kept it in a rock garden. The stone was recognized as a meteorite in 1997 by Gary Curtiss. Classification and mineralogy (A. Rubin, UCLA): olivine, Fa25.2±0.3; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W2. Specimens: main mass, Mr. Gary Curtiss, Lakewood, Colorado; type specimen, 46.6 g, UCLA; 596.5 g, NHM.
and collections NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Catalogue of Meteorites: (39° 6'N, 103° 16'W)
Recommended:: (39° 6' 0"N, 103° 15' 30"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.7 km apart
This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 1865 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)