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Allan Hills 82125
Basic information Name: Allan Hills 82125
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 82125
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1982
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 178.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 7(2)  (1984)  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 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)
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 864:
Origin or pseudonym:Far Western
Mass (g):178.4
Class:L6
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
Comments:26Al=36±2
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 7(2) (1984), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 58' 57"S, 156° 54' 36"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 76.1 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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