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Graves Nunataks 95200

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Name: Graves Nunataks 95200
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRA 95200
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 25.07 kg

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 20(1)	(1997)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8581 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 101:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Central
Mass (g):	25066.1
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21
Comments:	NTL=39.6±0.1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 20(1) (1997), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)
Recommended::	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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