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LaPaz Icefield 03793
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 03793
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 03793
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 15 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 29(2)  (2006)  R
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  R
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 31(1)  (2008)  R4
Recommended:  R4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as R4.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
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Writeup from AMN 29(2):
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  Table 3
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Mass (g):15
Class:R
Weathering grade:BE
Fayalite (mol%):35
Ferrosilite (mol%):28
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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