Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 85303

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Lewis Cliff 85303

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 85303
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 85303
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 408 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 9(3)	(1986)	Eucrite
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	Eucrite-pmict
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	Eucrite-pmict
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-pmict
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-pmict [explanation]

This is 1 of 400 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Field number: 2488

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 9(3):

See LEW 85300

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2879:

Origin or pseudonym:	Upper Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	408
Class:	Eu "pm"
Weathering grade:	A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	30-62
Comments:	NTL=24±2; 85300 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 9(3) (1986), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 17'S, 161° 5'E)
Recommended::	(84° 15' 58"S, 161° 22' 40"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 3.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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