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Thiel Mountains 91720
Basic information Name: Thiel Mountains 91720
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TIL 91720
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 127.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 16(1)  (1993)  L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2061 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5499:
Origin or pseudonym:Moulton Escarpment
Mass (g):127.2
Class:L4
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):23
Ferrosilite (mol%):19
Comments:91700 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(1) (1993), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 15'S, 91° 0'W)
     Recommended::   (85° 9' 51"S, 94° 35' 38"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 34.9 km apart

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