Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 86411

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Lewis Cliff 86411

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Name: Lewis Cliff 86411
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 86411
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 4.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 14(1)	(1991)	LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	LL4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL4
Recommended:			LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 396 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 3487

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3444:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	4.1
Class:	LL4
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17-25

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 14(1) (1991), 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' 18"S, 161° 25' 51"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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