Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Beckett Nunatak 92600

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Beckett Nunatak 92600

Basic information

Name: Beckett Nunatak 92600
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: BEC 92600
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 5.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 16(2)	(1993)	L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12331 approved meteorites (plus 8 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)

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1410:

Mass (g):	5.8
Class:	L6
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(2) (1993), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 2'S, 160° 11'E)
Recommended::	(76° 2'S, 160° 11'E)

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

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