Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Mount DeWitt 96600

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Mount DeWitt 96600

Basic information

Name: Mount DeWitt 96600
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DEW 96600
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1644 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(2)	(1998)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	H6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 1:

Mass (g):	1644.4
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	Be
Fayalite (mol%):	19
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(2) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(77° 12'S, 159° 50'E)
Recommended::	(77° 12'S, 159° 50'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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