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| Basic information | Name: Allan Hills A79003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALHA79003 This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 79003 (ALH 79003) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  5.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 4(1):
Sample No.: ALHA79003 Location: Allan Hills Field No.: 1162 Weight (gms): 5.1 Meteorite Type: L3 Chondrite (tentative)
Physical Description: Roberta Score a Weathered black fusion crust covers most of this stone. Clasts are visible where; the sample is devoid of fusion crust. Dimensions: 2 x 1 x 1 cm.
Petrographic Description: Brian Mason The section is texturally identical and the olivine and pyroxene show a similar range of composition to these minerals in ALHA79001; hence these two specimens are probably pieces of a single meteorite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 441: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 4(1) (1981), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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