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Meteorite Hills 00420
Basic information Name: Meteorite Hills 00420
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 00420
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 6.3 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IIIAB
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 24(2)  (2001)  IIIAB
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  IIIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIIAB
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 341 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
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Writeup from AMN 24(2):
See writeup for MET 00400
Data from:
  MB86
  Table A1
  Line 24:
Mass (g):6.3
Class:IIIAB
Weathering grade:B
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 24(2) (2001), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (79° 41'S, 155° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (79° 41'S, 155° 45'E)

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