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Gardner Ridge 98401
Basic information Name: Gardner Ridge 98401
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GDR 98401
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 5.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 23(2)  (2000)  H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6484 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB85
  Table A1
  Line 80:
Mass (g):5.3
Class:H4
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 23(2) (2000), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (86° 56'S, 148° 33'W)

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