Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 87003

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Lewis Cliff 87003

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 87003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 87003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 2.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 11(2)	(1988)	C2
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CM2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CM2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 622 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 4631

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 11(2):

See LEW 87001

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3581:

Origin or pseudonym:	South Lewis Cliff
Mass (g):	2.1
Class:	CM2
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	0-39
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0-5
Comments:	87001 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 11(2) (1988), 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° 20' 38"S, 161° 22' 32"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 7.5 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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