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Allan Hills A81188
Basic information Name: Allan Hills A81188
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA81188
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 81188 (ALH 81188) in publications.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 1981
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 8.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 7(2)  (1984)  H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11487 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [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 711:
Origin or pseudonym:Main icefield
Mass (g):8.7
Class:H5
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 7(2) (1984), 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° 39' 25"S, 159° 19' 23"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 11.1 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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