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| Basic information | Name: Allan Hills A80107 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALHA80107 This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 80107 (ALH 80107) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  177.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 5(1):
Sample No.: ALHA80107 Location: Allan Hills Field No.: 1060 Weight (gms): 177.8 Meteorite Type: L6 Chondrite
Physical Description: Carol Schwarz This specimen consists of six pieces which appear similar to ALHA80101. Only one has a dull back fusion crust present. The other pieces are rough and weathered to a reddish-brown color. Several show severe weathering along fractures. Dimensions: Range from 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm to 1.3 x 1 x .7 cm
Petrographic Description: Brian Mason Chondritic structure is barely perceptible, the sparse chondrules merging with the granular matrix, which consists of olivine and pyroxene, with minor amounts of plagioclase, nickel-iron, and troilite. A minor amount of brown limonitic staining is present around the nickel-iron grains. Microprobe analyses gave the following compositions: olivine, Fa24 orthopyroxene, Fs20; plagioclase, An11. The meteorite is classified as an L6 chondrite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 498: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 5(1) (1982), 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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