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Allan Hills 88004
Basic information Name: Allan Hills 88004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 88004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass:help 316 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  LL4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 394 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 4
  Line 2:
Mass (g):315.7
Class:LL4
Fayalite (mol%):27.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.3 ± 4.3
Classifier:G. Andrehs, Institut fur Physik der Erde, Potsdam, Germany. The Natural Thermoluminescence (NTL) data were measured by P. H. Benoit, H. Sears and D. W. G. Sears, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Main mass:EUROMET
Comments:4.8 wt% metal; NTL: 1.2 ± 0.1
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 43' 48"S, 158° 45' 15"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 14.9 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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