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Thiel Mountains 08003
Basic information Name: Thiel Mountains 08003
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TIL 08003
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)]
Mass:help 65 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 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)
Comments: Approved 28 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 4
  Line 12:
Origin or pseudonym:Bermel Escarpment
Date:Dec 17, 2008
Latitude:85°14.65'S
Longitude:90°20.69'W
Mass (g):65
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.2
Classifier:B.-G. Choi
Type spec mass (g):19.6
Type spec location:Seoul-NU
Main mass:KOPRI
Comments:d18O=4.60, d17O=3.63, D17O=1.20‰
Plots: O isotopes:  
Institutions
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Seoul-NU: Department of Earth Science Education, Room# 13-426, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 151-748, South Korea (institutional address; updated 20 Dec 2014)
KOPRI: Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, 406-840, South Korea; Website (institutional address; updated 20 Dec 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (85° 14' 39"S, 90° 20' 41"W)

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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