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Thiel Mountains 82415
Basic information Name: Thiel Mountains 82415
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TIL 82415
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1982
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 70.2 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 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 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)
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Writeup from AMN 7(2):
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5479:
Origin or pseudonym:Davies Escarpment
Mass (g):70.2
Class:H5
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):17
Ferrosilite (mol%):15
Comments:26Al=50±3; 82414 pairing group
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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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     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 15'S, 91° 0'W)
     Recommended::   (85° 15'S, 91° 0'W)

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