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Geologists Range 99103
Basic information Name: Geologists Range 99103
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GEO 99103
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 119.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 24(1)  (2001)  H4/6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 85  (2001)  H4-6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4-6
Recommended:  H4-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 104 approved meteorites classified as H4-6.   [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 84:
Mass (g):119.3
Class:H4-6
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):18
Ferrosilite (mol%):16
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 24(1) (2001), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (82° 30'S, 155° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (82° 30'S, 155° 30'E)

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