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Mount Walton 01001
Basic information Name: Mount Walton 01001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: WAL 01001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 272 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  H4/5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 497 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB86
  Table 4
  Line 30:
Latitude:72°27'00"S
Longitude:160°20'06"E
Mass (g):271.6
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):20
Ferrosilite (mol%):18
Classifier:A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:finder except DaG 877, HaH 293 and HaH 294
Institutions
   and collections		 MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (72° 27' 0"S, 160° 20' 6"E)
     Recommended::   (72° 27' 0"S, 160° 20' 6"E)

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