Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 82130

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Allan Hills 82130

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 82130
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 82130
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1982
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 44.6 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 7(2)	(1984)	Ureilite
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	Ureilite-augite-bearing
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	Ureilite-augite-bearing
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Ureilite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 617 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 7(2):

See ALH 82106

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 869:

Origin or pseudonym:	Far Western
Mass (g):	44.6
Class:	Ur "aug"
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	4
Comments:	26Al=62±5; 82106 pairing group

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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:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
Recommended::	(77° 2' 33"S, 157° 15' 4"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 71.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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