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Thiel Mountains 08004

Basic information

Name: Thiel Mountains 08004
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: TIL 08004
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)]
Mass: 5.01 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 105	(2016)	Pallasite
Recommended:			Pallasite [explanation]

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Comments:

Approved 23 Jul 2016

Writeup

Writeup from MB 105:

Thiel Mountains 08004 (TIL 08004) 85º23.39’S, 87º07.69’W

Antarctica, Antarctica

Find: 21 Dec 2008

Classification: Pallasite

Petrography: The meteorite is composed of approximately equal proportion of Fe-Ni metal and coarse olivine (~2 mm to ~1 cm).

Geochemistry: Olivine composition is Fa_12.4±0.1.

Classification: Prob. paired with TIL 07016 and Thiel Mountains, based on their recovery sites and olivine compositions (Fa_12.6±0.2in TIL 07016 and Fa~13 in Thiel Mountains)

Data from:
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State/Prov/County:	Antarctica
Origin or pseudonym:	Mt Wrather
Date:	21 Dec 2008
Latitude:	85º23.39'S
Longitude:	87º07.69'W
Mass (g):	5008
Pieces:	1
Class:	Pallasite
Fayalite (mol%):	12.4±0.1
Classifier:	B.-G. Choi , Seoul-NU; C. Park and J. I. Lee, KOPRI
Type spec mass (g):	61
Type spec location:	Seoul-NU
Main mass:	KOPRI
Comments:	Submitted by B.-G. Choi

Institutions
and collections

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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(85° 23' 23"S, 87° 7' 41"W)

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

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