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Meteorite Hills 01089
Basic information Name: Meteorite Hills 01089
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 01089
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 4.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(1)  (2004)  IIIAB
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  IIIAB
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IIIAB
Recommended:  Iron, IIIAB    [explanation]

This is 1 of 338 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB.   [show all]
Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
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Writeup from AMN 27(1):
Sample No.: MET 01088; MET 01089
Location: Meteorite Hills
Field No.: 13051; 13035
Dimensions (cm):   2.0x1.25x0.75
1.5x1.25x0.75
Weight (g): 5.8; 4.1
Meteorite Type: Iron IIIAB
    MET01088 AND MET01089

Description: Refer to the parent description given in the September, 2001 newsletter at:

http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/amn/AMNSep01/PetDes.htm#MET00400


Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 324:
Mass (g):4.149
Class:IIIAB
Weathering grade:B
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(1) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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     Recommended::   (79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)

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