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Allan Hills A81087
Basic information Name: Allan Hills A81087
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA81087
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 81087 (ALH 81087) in publications.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 1981
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 8.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 6(2)  (1983)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  L3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L3.5
Recommended:  L3.5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 98 approved meteorites classified as L3.5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 610:
Origin or pseudonym:Main icefield
Mass (g):8.4
Class:L3
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):2-29
Ferrosilite (mol%):3-31
Comments:77011 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 6(2) (1983), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 41' 34"S, 159° 23' 32"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 7.5 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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