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MacAlpine Hills 87317
Basic information Name: MacAlpine Hills 87317
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 87317
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 120.5 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 12(1)  (1989)  LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 4665
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 4644:
Mass (g):120.5
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:A/B
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 12(1) (1989), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (84° 13'S, 160° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (84° 16' 45"S, 160° 0' 22"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 8.9 km apart

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