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Elbert County, Colorado, USA
Fell 1998 January 11
Ordinary chondrite (LL6)
A fireball was observed over Elbert County and reported in several local newspapers. A single 680.5 g stone was found in a field on 2000 March 4, by Dustin Riffel, a five-year-old boy, while walking with his mother on their family property.
Classification (A. Rubin, UCLA): Olivine, Fa30.5 ± 0.44, shock stage S2, weathering grade W0. Specimens: type specimen, 19 g, UCLA; main mass with Riffel family.
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On 11 January 1998 a fireball was seen over Elbert County. On 4 March 2000 a stone of 680.5 g was found in a field by the five year old Dustin Riffel on the property of his family. It was officially named "Elbert" and it was classified as an ordinary chondrite LL6.
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The Elbert (LL6) meteorite fell in Colorado, USA, on the 11th January 1998.
A total mass of 681 g was recovered.

39° 14' 48"N, 104° 35' 17"W



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