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MacKay Glacier 14018
Basic information Name: MacKay Glacier 14018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MCY 14018
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 0.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 13 Mar 2018
Data from:
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Date:2015 Jan 20
Latitude:77°14.453'S
Longitude:158°05.322'E
Mass (g):0.5
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):22.5±0.9 (N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.8±1.3 (N=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.9
Classifier:F. Focacci, M. Gemelli, DST-PI
Type spec mass (g):0.5
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:Jacopo Nava
Comments:millimeter sized, crusted fragment; submitted by F.Focacci M. Gemelli, (DST-PI)
Institutions
   and collections		 DST-PI: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (77° 14' 27"S, 158° 5' 19"E)

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