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| Basic information | Name: Allan Hills A76004 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALHA76004 This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 76004 (ALH 76004) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1976 or 1977 Country: Antarctica [Collected jointly by ANSMET (US) and NIPR (Japan)] Mass:  305 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites classified as LL3.3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ALLAN HILLS A76004, ANTARCTICA, STONY METEORITE Name: ALLAN HILLS A76004 Place of find: West of Allan Nunatak on the edge of the Polar plateau, Victoria Land, Antarctica. 76°46'30"S., 159°21'05"E. Date of find: January 18, 1977. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite, amphoterite (LL3). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 305 g Circumstances of find: Sighted from a helicopter which was taxiing 10-15 m above the bare ice, during the 1976-1977 season of the U.S.-Japan Joint Antarctic Expedition. Source: K. Yanai, 1978. First meteorites found in Victoria Land, Antarctica, December 1976 and January 1977. Mem. Nat. Inst. Polar Res., Special Issue No. 8, 51-69. Note: Also known as Allan Nunatak No. 4 and as Allan Hills No. 4. Allan Hills A76004 is the name approved by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society. See also: W.A. Cassidy, E. Olsen and K. Yanai, 1977. Antarctica: a deep-freeze storehouse for meteorites. Science 198, 727-731, where the coordinates of the find site are given as 76°45'16"S., 169°20'12"E., and E. Olsen etal., 1978. Eleven new meteorites from Antarctica, 1976-1977. Meteoritics 13, 209-225. [From Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 4(1):] Sample No.: ALHA76004 Location: Allan Hills Field No.: Weight (gms): 52.50 Meteorite Type: LL3 Chondrite
Physical Description: This specimen appears to have been covered with a thin reddish-black fusion crust on all exterior surfaces. The fusion crust appears to have been spalled off the rounded corners. The matrix of this stone is very dark gray. The inclusions, both chondrules and clasts, are numerous. The clasts are up to 1 cm in apparent maximum length. Both fresh metal and oxidized metal, surrounding some chondrules and lithic clasts, are present. The meteorite does not appear extensively weathered. Approximate dimensions: 4.25 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm.
Petrographic Description: For further discussion, see Olsen, et al., 1978. Eleven new meteorites from Antarctica, 1976-1977, Meteoritics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 209-225. This sample is described as Allan Hills #4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 4: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 1(3) (1978), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
ALHA764 (Added by JNG 2/23/06) Allan Hills No. 4 (Added by JNG 2/23/06) Allan Nunatak No. 4 (Added by JNG 2/23/06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||