California Meteorite Falls Creston. L6 chondrite. Fall. 2015 October 23, 22:47: PST. (October 24, 05:47 UTC) [More, here]. Novato. L6 chondrite. Fall. 2012 October 17, 19:44:29 PST. [More, here]. Sutter's Mill. Carbonaceous chondrite (C) - Fall. 2012 April 22, 7:51 a.m. PDST. [More, here]. Red Canyon Lake. H5 (S1) chondrite. Fall. 2007 August 11, 00:05:07 PDST. 18.41 g. [Image by Laurence Garvie / Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University]. A bright fireball was seen traveling in a SE direction (57 deg) throughout northern and central california, with reports of sonic booms and the ground shaking. A video of the fireball was obtained at the Yuba City's Sentinel camera by the late Larry R. Stange. Robert Ward triangulated the eye witness accounts putting the fall area 20 miles from the nearest road in a remote area. A single stone was picked up by a hiker, Ben Deutsch, near Red Canyon Lake (+38° 8.245'N, 119° 445.487' W), Tuolumne County, California, shortly after the fireball event. San Juan Capistrano. Fall. 1973 March15, between midnight and 4 am PST. Meteorite type: H6, ordinary chondrite. Two specimens with a total mass of 56g were recovered. Location: 33°29'05''N, 117°39'45''W. The largest piece, 50.5g, penetrated the aluminum sheeting roof of a carport in a mobile-home park and was picked up on the carport floor several hours later. The second smaller fragment, 5.5g was discovered about one month after the fall in the gutter of the carport roof. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 53, p. 138-139; R. C. Finkel, D. Lal, K. Marti (1973). Cosmic ray record in the San Juan Capistrano meteorite. Meteoritics 8, 365. . Image source: Planetary Science Institute: Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Meteoritical Bulletin database). California Meteorite Finds (NOT found on dry lakes) Source: Meteoritical Bulletin Database Lake Los Angeles (b) - Ordinary chondrite (classified by UCLA: L6 S4 W1 Fa24.7±0.2); Writeup from MB 103: A single stone (82 mm × 50 mm × 37 mm) of 177.3grams was found on 2014 January 5th by Stephen Poterala while he was meteorite hunting along the southeastern edge of an alluvial fan forming a boundary between sand dunes and interdune mud flats. Lake Los Angeles - Ordinary chondrite (classified by UCLA: H6 S2 W2 Fa18.9±0.4); A single stone fragment (92 mm × 70 mm × 57 mm) of 444.5grams was found on 2013 November 30th by Stephen Poterala, while searching for meteorites along the margin of Lake Los Angeles (essentially eroded lacustrine sediments), which is located in very northeastern Los Angeles County. Found in a thin-veneer of sand on a break-in-slope where the local drainage had eroded-away the distal margin of the southern alluvial fan of Saddleback Butte. Blackhawk Mountain - Ordinary chondrite (H4 S2 W0 Fa20.9±0.2); A solitary stone (20.16g) was found by Michael Mulgrew on 2012 Oct 20th 12:30pm PDT, while searching for meteorites on the surface of the Blackhawk Landslide (essentially an abandoned alluvial surface), which is located in Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino County. Probably the first meteorite found on a landslide. Rosamond - Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrite (LL3); found by Robert Verish on June 9, 2012, while searching for meteorites in an empty lot on the outskirts of the town of Rosamond (Kern County). Johannesburg - Ordinary chondrite (H4 S2 W5 Fa18.6±0.1 [n=8]); Found by David Libuszowski on 2012 January 27th, while exploring in the Johannesburg area (Kern County) with his dad. The meteorite (a single 63gram stone) was found partially exposed on a sandy slope.; classified by Alan Rubin, UCLA. San Bernardino Wash - Find 2010. Ordinary chondrite (L5); Bob Perkins of Highland, California found the first and second stones while metal-detecting for gold with Gary Crabtree near the "Rusty Gold Mine," in the Dale Mining District (Riverside County). Several fragments were subsequently found by Fred Mason, of San Diego, CA. Note: On 18 April 2012 additional stones were recovered by Robert Verish, of San Diego, California. His first find (343.1g) was a nearly whole, slightly weathered individual stone. The subsequent stones (~650g) were all just a few meters away, forming a 20m wide “splatter zone” comprising ~24 badly weathered fragments, none of which could be physically-paired to the343g stone. Specimens: 22.1g (3 samples from the initial 10 pieces), 23g (from the 343g stone) and 41g (from the main mass); Because the 343g stone looks much less weathered, it was micro-probed by A.E. Rubin (classifier, UCLA) and characterized as being, "not only much less weathered, but also more shocked, slightly more equilibrated, and less chondrule-rich than the other San Bernardino Wash stones". Nomenclature Committee voted on October 2014 to officially name these additional stones as "San Bernardino Wash". The above "Note:" will result in changes to the data in the following line items: Mass (g): 1250 Pieces: >34 Classifier: A.E. Rubin Type spec mass (g): 86.1 Type spec location: UCLA Main mass: Verish Willow Wash - Find 2006 September 14. H3.5, breccia; S3 W2. Fa =12.8-30.9. 552 g. A single stone, fully crusted. 35°22'24.88"N, 115°20'37.95"W. Main mass with finder S. Humeston. Randsburg - Find 2005 Jan 2. L5 (S2, W1), 112.9g stone, found by E. Melchiorre. Chicago Valley - Find 2004 December 27 . L5, S1 W3. Fa = 24.8, Fo = 20.9. 26g. Found by S. Clary at 36°00.13'N, 116°11.78'W on desert pavement. Chocolate Mountains - Find 2004. A ureilite. A 699 g stone was found at the base of Black Mountain by Bill Sajkowicz. Paymaster Mine - Find 2004 October 10. L5, Fa = 25.0, Fs = 21.5. 159g. Found by J. Pringle in desert at the base of a hill: 33°11.2'N, 114°55.07'W. Winterhaven - Find 2002 or 2003. Howardite, Fs=33.5-21.8, Wo=1.3-40.8. 2.1 kg. Found by B. Sajkowicz in Imperial County: 32°57'N, 114°40'W. Essex - Find 2002 Febr 24. H5; Fa = 18.9. 5 kg. Found by S. Ellis in San Bernadino county: 34°36.7'N, 115°2.0'W. Cargo Muchacho Mountains - Find ~2000. CO3. 2860 g The 35 stone strewn-field was mapped by finder, Bill Sajkowicz, in Imperial County. Supersition Mountain - Find 2000 August 15. H5; Fa = 18.9. 333 g. Found by N. Gessler in Imperial County: 32°52'15"N, 115°46'57"W. Old Dominion Mine - Find 2000 October 13. H4; Fa=19.8. 42 g. Found by J. Tobin in San Bernardino county: 34°51.575'N, 116°13.268'W. Los Angeles - Recognized 1999 Oct 30. Two stones, weighing 452.6 g and 245.4 g respectively, were recovered by Robert (Bob) Verish (P.O. Box 463084, Escondido, CA) of Meteorite-Recovery Lab in his back yard while he was cleaning out a box of rocks that was part of his rock collection. The specimens were collected in the Mojave Desert, but may have been as much as 20 years earlier. More, here. Bruceville - Find 1998. L6; Fa = 24.6, S5 W4. 83 kg. Found by B. Howard in Sacramento county: 38°17.7'N, 121°24.3'W. Was buried under about 2 meters of silt and loam. Chuckwalla - Find 1992-November. IAB-MG. 1802g. Found in Kern County, CA. 35°15'N, 118°16'W. A single mass of 1.802 kg was found by Mr. Melvin English while quail hunting in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains. Classification IAB-MG. The meteorite contains diamonds, some visible macroscopically, and many visible under the microscope. From: Meteoritical Bulletin 87. Ocotillo - Find 1990. IAB-MG (main group). 28.57 kg. Found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N. of Ocotillo in Imperial County. Main mass with James Schwade in Kankakee, Il. Somesbar - Find 1977. H6. 60g (approx.). Found in Siskiyou County: 41°23'N, 123°30'W. Found by a geologist. 38g at Center for Meteorite Studies, Tempe, Arizona. Old Woman - Find 1976. The meteorite was found in 1976 by three prospectors in the Old Woman Mountains of San Bernardino County. The Old Woman Meteorite weighing in at 6070 pounds (2750 kgs) during its stay at the Smithsonian had a large chunk removed which weighed 942lbs. (427kgs). Second largest meteorite discovered in the United States. Meteorite is displayed at the Desert Discovery Center, 831 Main Street, Barstow, CA. Photo: Jim Toblin, the Meteorite Exchange, Inc. Zulu Queen - Find 1976. L3.7. 200 g. Dale mining district, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA. 18 miles ESE of Twentynine Palms and five miles W. of the Zulu Queen mine. 33o59'N, 115o41'W. Found by the late Mrs. Alice Zimmerman while prospecting in the Pinto Mountains. This stone is distinct from the Pinto Mountains stone, an L6 chondrite, but is indistinguishable from the Dale Dry Lake chondrite, an L3.7 stone. Red Rock - Find 1976. IIIAB. 47.6 kg. Found near Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA. 35°25'N, 117°55'W. Found about 1976 by R. K. Haag while hunting for rabbits. Entire mass purchased by the University of California, Los Angeles. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 68. Needles - Find 1962 Find. IID. 45.3 kg. Location: 34°26'39"N, 114°49'57"W. Also called "Carsons Well". Ridgecrest - Find 1958 May. H5; S2, W2, Fa = 18.6. 9.7 g. san Bernadino County, CA: 35°35'N, 117°34'W. Not paired with Muroc. Meteorite is of oriented shape. Dale Dry Lake - Find 1957. L3.7. 300 g. San Bernardino County, CA: 34°05'N, 115°47'W. (Although named after a nearby dry lake, it was actually found 13 miles away (to the southwest) in Riverside County.) Pinto Mountains - Find 1954. L6. 17.9 kg. Ref.: Meteoritics 1, 1955, p. 295. Location: 34°00'N, 115°47'W (source: MB 65). An additional 19kg main-mass was found by the same finder (Vincenz Zimmerman) in 1955 and is known as the "Twentynine Palms (1955 stone)". (Source: R.Verish) Ventura - FInd 1953. IAB-ung. 7.7 kg. 34°15'N, 119°18'W. Neenach - Find 1948. L6. 13.8 kg. Location: 34°48'N, 118°30'W. Ref.: Griffith Observer, 17, 80-82; Meteoritics 1, 1953, 28. Twentynine Palms - Find 1944. L. 100g. San Bernardino County. 34°04.5'N, 116°01'W. (Cataloge of Meteorites, M. Grady, 2000) Goose Lake - Find 1938. IAB-sLL. 1.17 MT. Borrego - Find 1930. L6; S4 W1; Fa=25.1. 2.13 kg. Found in San Diego county. Supposedly found by an anonymous rockhound, according to third-hand sources. Recognized in 2001 while in an estate sale in Texas. Valley Wells - Find 1929. L6 129.9g. 35°28'N, 115°40'W. Owens Valley - Find 1913. IIIAB. 192.8 kg. 37°28'N, 118°00'W. Imperial - Find 1908. H4. 4g. 32°52'N, 115°35'W. Surprise Springs - Find 1899. IAB-sLL. 1500 g. 34°10'N, 115°55'W. Oroville - Find 1893. IIIAB. 24.5 kg. 39°41'N, 121°38'W. San Emigdio - Find 1887. H4. 36 kg. 36°N, 119°W. Ivanpah - Find 1880. IIIAB. 58 kg. 35°20'N, 115°19'W. Canyon City - Find 1875. III AB. 8.6 kg. 40°54'N, 123°6'W. Shingle Springs - Find 1869. Iron-ung. 39 kg. 38°40'N, 120°56'W. California Meteorite Finds (From Dry Lakes) Buckhorn Lake - Find 2008. H4 S2 W5 Fa=17.0+/-0.2%. TKW = 14.1g (MB#103) Coyote Dry Lake (CyDL) table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: CyDL# Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference) 001 CyDL 001 1995 H5 338 g 89 002 CyDL 002 1998 H5-6 106.7 g 89 003 CyDL 003 1998 H5 256 g 89 024 CyDL 024 1999 H5 2.43 kg 89 033 CyDL 033 1999 H5 5.22 kg 89 040 CyDL 040 1999 H4 344 g 89 054 CyDL 054 1999 H5 393 g 89 061 CyDL 061 1999 H5 2.13 kg 89 063 CyDL 063 1999 H4 67.6 g 89 064 CyDL 064 1999 H5 1364 g 89 067 CyDL 067 1999 L6 412 g 89 080 CyDL 080 1999 H5 278 g 89 105 CyDL 105 1999 H5 61.5 g 89 110 CyDL 110 1999 H4 68 g 89 115 CyDL 115 1999 H5-6 1369 g 89 116 CyDL 116 1999 H6 4.4 g 89 117 CyDL 117 1999 H3 162 g 89 119 CyDL 119 1999 H5 3.2 g 89 120 CyDL 120 1999 H5 18.5 g 89 121 CyDL 121 1999 H4 14.2 g 89 129 CyDL 129 2000 H5 140 g 89 130 CyDL 130 2000 H4 6.1 g 89 132 CyDL 132 2000 H4 17.4 g 89 134 CyDL 134 2000 H5 117.5 g 89 138 CyDL 138 2000 H5 18.3 g 89 139 CyDL 139 2000 H4 10.4 g 89 142 CyDL 142 2000 H4 32.2 g 89 151 CyDL 151 2001 H6 90 g 89 152 CyDL 152 2001 H5 10.8 g 89 153 CyDL 153 2001 H5 13.9 g 89 155 CyDL 155 2001 H4 17 g 89 159 CyDL 159 2001 H5 17.7 g 89 160 CyDL 160 2002 H5 76.9 g 89 162 CyDL 162 2002 H5 9.9 g 89 163 CyDL 163 2002 H5 16.7 g 89 164 CyDL 164 2002 H5 43 g 89 165 CyDL 165 2002 L6 42.6 g 89 175 CyDL 175 2002 H6 36.4 g 89 176 CyDL 176 2003 H6 187.6 g 89 194 CyDL 194 2004 L6 1.47 g 89 221 CyDL 221 2003 H4 54.3 g 89 222 CyDL 222 2004 L5 22.5 g 89 223 CyDL 223 2004 L6 512 g 89 230 CyDL 230 2004 H6 16.4 g 89 235 CyDL 235 2004 LL6 81.4 g 89 249 CyDL 249 2004 H4 71.8 g 89 274 CyDL 274 2006 H4 7.5 g 93 275 CyDL 275 2006 H4 16.2 g 93 276 CyDL 276 2006 H6 47.2 g 93 277 CyDL 277 2006 H5 21.3 g 93 318 CyDL 318 2009 H5 7.2g 99 319 CyDL 319 2006 H5 3.4 g 103 320 CyDL 320 2007 ?? 4.4 g Provisional 321 CyDL 321 2007 ?? 111.7 g Provisional 338 CyDL 338 2013 H6 282.2 g 103 339 CyDL 339 2013 H4 11.4 g 104 341 CyDL 341 2013 H4 9.7 g 104 Cuddeback Dry Lake table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: # Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.: 001 CdDL 001 1999 L6 32.5 g 86 002 CdDL 002 2000 L6 95 g 86 003 CdDL 003 2000 L6 7.5 g 86 004 CdDL 004 2000 H6 40 g 86 005 CdDL 005 2000 H5 35 g 86 006 CdDL 006 2000 H6 0.5 g 86 007 CdDL 007 2000 L4 96.7 g 86 008 CdDL 008 2000 L6 18 g 86 009 CdDL 009 2000 H5 19 g 86 010 CdDL 010 2000 L5 10.5 g 86 011 CdDL 011 2000 L6 10.7 g 86 012 CdDL 012 2002 H5 0.72 g 88 013 CdDL 013 2008 H4 1.6g 017 CdDL 017 2008 H6 23.1g 018 CdDL 018 2008 H4 8.5g 019 CdDL 019 2008 L6 10.1g 021 CdDL 021 2004 L6 31.7g 023 CdDL 023 1986 H5 123g 028 CdDL 028 2008 L5 19.5g 029 CdDL 029 2008 H4 22.2g Danby Dry Lake - First mass found in 2000. H6. 131 g. - Additional finds made 2008 - TKW=9kg - Main-mass found on June 2008: 425 fragments - 20 pounds, by Ruben Garcia. Jim Kriegh found additional 127 grams. (Reference: Abstract Title: Major Increase in Total Known Weight for Danby Dry Lake (H6) California Meteorite Author: Verish, R. S. Link: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2009/pdf/5054.pdf El Mirage Dry Lake (EMDL) - finds as compiled by the Meteoritical Society in their Meteoritical Bulletin: El Mirage Dry Lake 001 Image by finder, Paul Harris of the Meteorite Exchange, Inc. El Mirage Dry Lake 001 (EMDL 001) 2000 H5 1.5g El Mirage Dry Lake 002 (EMDL 002) 2001 H4 13g El Mirage Dry Lake 003 (EMDL 003) 2010 H6 6.9g El Mirage Dry Lake 004 (EMDL 004) 2011 LL6 271g Emerson Dry Lake - Find 2006. L6. 32g. (MB#102) Goldstone Dry Lake - Find 1999. H6. 1.1g. Harper Dry Lake (HrDL) - finds as compiled by the Meteoritical Society in their Meteoritical Bulletin. Abbr # Find date Class Mass MB# (Reference) HrDL 001 1999 LL3 13 g 87 HrDL 002 1999 H6 12 g 87 HrDL 003 1999 L6 95 g 87 HrDL 004 1999 LL3 37 g 87 HrDL 005 1999 H6 24 g 87 HrDL 006 1999 H6 26 g 87 HrDL 007 2000 H5 166.7 g 87 HrDL 008 2000 H6 12.5 g 87 HrDL 017 2007 H6 16.4 g 93 HrDL 018 2007 H6 39.7g HrDL 019 2007 L6 118.7g HrDL 029 2008 H6 11.6g HrDL 036 2010 L6 85.5g HrDL 037 2014 L6 4.4g 104 Ivanpah Dry Lake - Find: 2014 January 1st. H4. 1128g. (MB#104) The following is from MetBull#104: County/Province/State: San Bernardino County, California Mass (g): 1128 Pieces: 1 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4 S2 W1 Fa18.4±0.1 [n=12]) History: This stone was found by J. Franske while he was hunting for meteorites on a dry lake bed. Physical characteristics: This rounded, 1128 g stone was found in two pieces about 40 feet apart. Both halves are covered in fresh, black fusion crust. It would appear the stone broke in half upon impact. Comments:A second stone was found in the vicinity that is likely paired; submitted by L. Atkins. (There is no data for this "second stone"!? The fact of the matter is: there were at least 3 other stones found at this vicinity prior to the Joe Franske finds! [pers. comm. Ted Bunch]) [Editorial comments: based upon the above information, the entry for Ivanpah Dry Lake in the Met. Bulletin should be revised to reflect the following corrections: Even if you assume that the "both halves" are physically-paired, then "Pieces" should still be changed to "2". If the two halves are indeed "physically-paired" that fact and those words should appear in "Physical characteristics". The mention in "Comments" of a "second stone" raises many questions. In the past, additional stones "found in the vicinity" and that are only deemed as "likely paired" would qualify for a provisional number assignment. If this "second stone" is actually visually-paired (deemed only by the classifier), then this still raises the question of why this "second stone" isn't reflected in "Pieces". This is only a recent example of many others, which show the NomCom (in their haste to do away with Provisional numbering) is losing pertinent and valuable recovery data. Ending "provisional numbering" is clearly premature, given that a satisfactory alternative method has yet to be found. If assigning a provisional number is still found to be too distasteful, this doesn't alleviate the need to record pertinent meteorite recovery data. Minimally, we still need to record "mass", "date of find", and the distance to next closest find (in lieu of coordinates). Otherwise, we will continue to see these examples of pairings based upon the false-assumption of proximity, which is all driven by the desire to avoid assigning a provisional number. This ongoing disinterest in Ordinary Chondrites from North America by the NomCom is creeping throughout the meteorite community, and is most discouraging. ] Lucerne Valley (LV) - "Table 4. Lucerne Valley Meteorites found on Lucerne Dry Lake" compiled by Bob Verish: Name Lat. Long. Wt. Found Class Fa (mol%) Shock WG Finder Main Mass 34N 116W (g) LV 001 -.- -.- 15.8 1963-07-xx L6 24.3%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Dupont LV 004 -.- -.- 37.4 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Hartman LV 005 -.- -.- 3.1 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Buddhue LV 002 -.- -.- 5.8 1963-08-xx LL4 27.5%+/-0.6 S2 W3 R. A. Oriti Oriti LV 003 -.- -.- 7.5 1963-08-xx H6 18.0%+/-0.4 ~S3 W3 R. A. Oriti LV 006 -.- -.- 26.9 1963-11-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 ~S2 W3 R. W. Leonard Leonard LV 008 -.- -.- 2.0 1964-12-xx H4 18.5%+/-0.4 S2 W3 S. Lieberman Griffith LV 009 -.- -.- 3.0 1965-04-xx H4 18.7%+/-0.2 S2 W2 D. Futrell Griffith LV 010 -.- -.- 6.4 1965-12-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 S2 W3 A. Crisp Griffith LV 007 -.- -.- 4.8 1963-11-xx R. W. Leonard NOT TESTED LV 011 -.- -.- 3.8 1968-05-xx L6 24.5%+/-0.2 S4 W3 R. Russell Griffith LV 012 -.- -.- 1.2 1968-05-xx H6 19.4%+/-0.3 S2 W3 D. Ochs Griffith LV 013 -.- -.- 4.1 1992-05-xx L5 25.3%+/-0.3 S2 W3 B. Groves Groves LV 014 30.082' 57.882' 3.4 1998-09-26 L5 25.3%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. and B. Verish Griffith LV 015 30.747' 57.047' 4.1 1998-11-14 L5 25.2%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. Verish Griffith LV 016 30.574' 57.347' 12.5 1998-10-25 LL6 30.9%+/-0.1 S3 W2 B. Verish Griffith LV 017 -.- -.- 12.8 0199-03-30 L6 25.5%+/-0.6 S3 W4 R. N. Hartman Hartman Additional Lucerne Valley finds (all were found on the dry lake) compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference) LV 018 2002 H6 0.97 g 88 LV 019 2002 L6 3.91 g 88 LV 020 2002 H6 18.4 g 88 LV 021 2002 H6 3.92 g 88 LV 022 2002 LL4 16.5 g 88 LV 023 2002 L6 7.6 g 88 LV 024 2003 L6 2.71 g 88 LV 025 2003 H4 21 g 89 LV 026 2003 L5 5.6 g 89 LV 027 2003 L6 3.1 g 89 LV 028 2003 CK4 3 g 90 LV 029 2003 CK4 10.1 g 90 LV 030 2004 CK4 4.12 g 90 LV 031 2004 CK4 3.22 g 90 LV 032 2004 CK4 11.9 g 90 LV 035 2004 CK4 0.92 g 90 LV 036 2004 CK4 2.48 g 90 LV 037 2004 CK4 0.9 g 90 LV 040 2004 L6 5.2 g 89 LV 041 2004 L6 0.84 g 89 LV 042 2004 L6 2.17 g 89 LV 043 2004 L4 1.75 g 89 LV 044 2004 L6 106.2 g 89 LV 045 2004 L6 38.6 g 89 LV 046 2004 L6 10.3 g 89 LV 047 2004 L6 30.4 g 89 LV 048 2004 H4 2.29 g 89 LV 049 2004 L6 9.2 g 89 LV 050 2005 H4 6.9 g 90 LV 051 2003 L5 6 g 91 LV 057 2005 L6 13.2 g 93 LV 058 2006 L6 0.85 g 93 LV 089 2007 L5 2.6g LV 090 2007 L5 30.7g LV 091 2007 H4 12.7g LV 092 2007 H5 0.6g LV 093 2007 L6 3.93g LV 094 2008 CK5 3.5g LV 095 2008 CK5 1.1g LV 096 2008 L5 7.3g LV 097 2008 CK4 6.5g LV 098 2008 CK4 1.5g LV 099 2008 CK5 3.2g LV 100 2008 CK5 0.8g LV 101 2008 CK4 4g LV 120 2010 L6 43.1g LV 122 2012 H5 2.3g LV 123 2014 H4 6.3g 104 LV 124 2014 H5 6.4g 104 Muroc - Find 1936. L. 18.4 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Muroc Dry Lake - 1936. Find L6. 223 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Rosamond Dry Lake - Find 1940. L. 850 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Sheephole Valley - Find 1999. H4. 62.1g. Sheephole Valley 002 - Find 1999. L4. 4.4 g. Silurian Dry Lake - Find 2000. LL6. 43.8 g. Silver Dry Lake 001 - Find 2000. L4. 219 g. (MB#85) Silver Dry Lake 002 - Find 2000. H6. 16.5g. (MB#86) Sunfair - Find 2006. L6. 49.8 g. (MB#102) Sunfair 002 - Find 2013. L-chondrite (prov.). 19.4 g. Superior Valley (SuV) - Find. Table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: SuV# Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.: 001 SuV 001 2000 H5 3.4 g 86 002 SuV 002 2000 L6 145 g 86 003 SuV 003 2001 H6 65.6 g 86 004 SuV 004 2001 L6 15.3 g 86 005 SuV 005 2001 H6 32.9 g 86 006 SuV 006 2001 H6 78.5 g 86 007 SuV 007 2001 L6 67.2 g 86 008 SuV 008 2001 L6 77.4 g 86 009 SuV 009 2001 L6 116.4 g 86 010 SuV 010 2001 L4 26.3 g 86 011 SuV 011 2001 H6 2.52 g 86 013 SuV 013 2002 L5 2.74 g 90 014 SuV 014 2002 Acapulcoite 1.77 g 90 018 SuV 018 2002 H5 2.74 g 90 020 SuV 020 2003 L6 308 g 89 022 SuV 022 2004 H5 38.9 g 89 026 SuV 026 2006 L4 15.8 g 91 Stewart Valley (StV) - Finds. Table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: Name Abbrev Status Year Place Type Mass MetBull 22 records found for meteorites with names that contain "Stewart Valley" (click on a name for more information; click in header to sort) Stewart Valley 001 ** StV 001 Official 2001 California, USA H6 75.6 g 100† Stewart Valley 002 ** StV 002 Official 2001 California, USA L6 28.9 g 100† Stewart Valley 003 ** StV 003 Official 2001 California, USA H4 6.8 g 100† Stewart Valley 004 ** StV 004 Official 2001 Nevada, USA L6 58.9 g 100† Stewart Valley 005 ** StV 005 Official 2001 Nevada, USA L6 62 g 100† Stewart Valley 006 ** StV 006 Official 2001 Nevada, USA H4 20.1 g 100† Stewart Valley 007 ** StV 007 Official 2001 Nevada, USA H4 8.7 g 100† Stewart Valley 008 ** StV 008 Official 2001 Nevada, USA H6 4.2 g 100† Stewart Valley 009 ** StV 009 Official 2003 California, USA LL5 375 g 100† Stewart Valley 010 ** StV 010 Official 2003 California, USA H5 41.7 g 100† Stewart Valley 011 ** StV 011 Official 2003 California, USA H6 49.6 g 100† Stewart Valley 012 ** StV 012 Official 2012 Nevada, USA H6 130 g 100† Stewart Valley 013 StV 013 Official 2003 Nevada, USA H6 665 g 102† Stewart Valley 014 StV 014 Official 2003 California, USA LL4 54.3 g 102† Stewart Valley 015 StV 015 Official 2003 Nevada, USA H6 1070 g 102† Stewart Valley 016 StV 016 Official 2006 California, USA H6 39.1 g 102† Stewart Valley 017 ** StV 017 Official 2006 Nevada, USA L6 156 g 102† Stewart Valley 018 StV 018 Official 2007 California, USA H6 9.9 g 102† Stewart Valley 019 StV 019 Official 2007 Nevada, USA L4 6.6 g 102† Stewart Valley 020 StV 020 Official 2008 Nevada, USA L6 15.3 g 102† Stewart Valley 021 StV 021 Official 2013 California, USA H5 5.6 g 102† Stewart Valley 022 StV 022 Official 2013 California, USA LL6 2.84 g 102† Troy Dry Lake        34°48.53’N, 116°33.05’W California, United States Find: 2017 Apr 7 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: A single 16.3 g stone was found by Mark Bittmann on April 7, 2017, while he was searching for meteorites on a dry lake. Subsequent searches resulted in no additional fragments or other meteorites. Physical characteristics: Dark-brown, flat shield-shaped fragment with moderately rounded edges, and patches of relict fusion-crust that have developed a desert-polished patina. Petrography: (D. Sheikh, FSU) Chondrule boundaries blurred. Recrystallized coarse-grained matrix with plagioclase (60um). Interconnected shock melt veins. Geochemistry: Olivine, Fa24.7±0.2 (N=26); orthopyroxene, Fs22.3±0.2Wo2.7±0.2(N=25). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L6) Specimens: 3.5 grams at UCLA; main mass with Verish. California Impact Craters: - None "confirmed", but here are two possible contenders: Victoria Island Structure. Possible impact crater. 5.5 km wide, burried 1,490-1,600 m deep, west of Stockton, California. Impact in former inland sea. Found by: Bennett Spevack, San Diego. Reported: March 2007. Source: LPS 38 (2007) 1033. Cowell Structure. Possible buried impact crater. 1.3 km wide feature dating to the Miocene (5 to 24 million years ago). Source: Blake R. G., 1998. AAPG Bull. 82 (5A), 842.