Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 85429

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Lewis Cliff 85429

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 85429
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 85429
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 6.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 10(2)	(1987)	LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2890 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 3149

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3000:

Origin or pseudonym:	Upper Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	6.8
Class:	LL6
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23
Comments:	NTL=54±1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2) (1987), 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' 34"S, 161° 23' 16"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 3.5 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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