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Larkman Nunatak 06877 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Larkman Nunatak 06877 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LAR 06877 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 80 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
Comments: |
Approved 31 Aug 2007 Revised 27 Feb 2016: Reclassified in AMN 39(1) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from AMN 30(2):
Macroscopic Description: Tim McCoy Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy Thin Section Images
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Writeup from AMN 39(1): Reclassification of LAR 06877 LAR 06877 was announced as a IIIAB iron in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter vol. 30, no. 2 (August 2007). Subsequent analysis by John Wasson indicates the need for a reclassification. The INAA analyses of 4.07 mg/g Co, 88.3 mg/g Ni, 2.24 μg/g Ga, 10.5 μg/g As, 0.40 μg/g W, 0.83 μg/g Ir and 1.98 μg/g Au demonstrate that LAR06877 is in fact a IVA iron. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 30(2) (2007), JSC, Houston Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 39(1) (2016), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) |