Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Mount Howe 88400

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Mount Howe 88400

Basic information

Name: Mount Howe 88400
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: HOW 88400
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 2.1 kg

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 12(3)	(1989)	H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	H6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 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:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2868:

Mass (g):	2104.2
Class:	H6
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	17
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 12(3) (1989), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(87° 22'S, 149° 30'W)
Recommended::	(87° 22'S, 149° 30'W)

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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