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LaPaz Icefield 04773
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 04773
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 04773
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 8.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 30(1)  (2007)  Chondrite-ung
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  Acapulcoite
Recommended:  H4-an    [explanation]

This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites classified as H4-an.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 16 Feb 2007
Revised 13 Mar 2021: Reclassified in AMN 44(1)
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Writeup from AMN 30(1):
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 301:
Mass (g):8.3
Class:Acp
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):13
Ferrosilite (mol%):13-16
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 30(1) (2007), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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