Allan Hills 82130
Basic information
Name: Allan Hills 82130
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 82130
Observed fall: NoYear 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
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:
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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