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LaPaz Icefield 03796

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Name: LaPaz Icefield 03796
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 03796
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 16.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 29(2)	(2006)	Diogenite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 92	(2007)	Diogenite
Recommended:			Diogenite [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 1 Sep 2006

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 29(2):

See LAP 03781

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 271:

Mass (g):	16.5
Class:	Dio
Weathering grade:	B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23

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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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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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