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Lewis Cliff 85317

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 85317
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 85317
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 8.7 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 9(3)	(1986)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	L4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 2457

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2890:

Origin or pseudonym:	Upper Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	8.7
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18-22
Comments:	NTL=35.8±0.2

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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° 16' 26"S, 161° 22' 4"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 3.3 km apart

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This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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