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MacAlpine Hills 02584
Basic information Name: MacAlpine Hills 02584
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 02584
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 15.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 28(1)  (2005)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 14458
Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 354:
Origin or pseudonym:Quiche Moraine
Mass (g):15.65
Class:L4
Weathering grade:A/B
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(1) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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     Recommended::   (84° 16' 36"S, 159° 54' 18"E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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