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Allan Hills 84031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Allan Hills 84031 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALH 84031 Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 12.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 8(2):
Sample No.: ALH84031 Location: Allan Hills Weight (g): 12.5 Field No.: 2029 Dimensions (cm): 2 x 2.5 x 1.5 Meteorite Type: C2 Chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Rene Martinez Light brown polygonally fractured fusion crust covers this meteorite. The interior is dark and fine-grained. Some white salt deposit has formed on the exterior. This specimen is similar to ALH83100.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Glenn MacPherson See ALH84029 for description. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 996: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 8(2) (1985), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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