Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 99506

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Allan Hills 99506

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 99506
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 99506
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1009 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 24(1)	(2001)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 10851 approved meteorites (plus 19 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 3 Nov 2008: Reclassified in AMN 30(2)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table A1
  Line 19:

Origin or pseudonym:	Near Western
Mass (g):	1009.2
Class:	L5
Weathering grade:	B

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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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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
Recommended::	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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