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Belgica 9801
Basic information Name: Belgica 9801
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: B-9801
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 18.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 104  (2015)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 2 Mar 2015
Data from:
  MB104
  Table 0
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Date:1998
Mass (g):18.247
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Weathering grade:A
Fayalite (mol%):25.4 (24.3-27.2)
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.6 (20.6-23.5)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, S. Ozawa and H. Kojima, NIPR; M. Kimura, Ibaraki
Type spec mass (g):18.247
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Maskelynite; submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
   and collections
NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013)
Ibaraki: Department of Materials and Biological Sciences, Institute of Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito 310-8512, Japan (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites/Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites,24,1-20 (2015-03)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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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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