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MacKay Glacier 14020

Basic information

Name: MacKay Glacier 14020
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MCY 14020
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 2.9 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	LL4
Recommended:			LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 396 approved meteorites classified as LL4. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL 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°14.084'S
Longitude:	158°07.606'E
Mass (g):	2.9
Pieces:	1
Class:	LL4
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	27.6±1.4 (N=8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23.0±0.6 (N=8)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.9
Classifier:	F. Focacci, M. Gemelli, DST-PI
Type spec mass (g):	2.9
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	MNA-SI
Finder:	Gabriele Giuli
Comments:	1 x 1 x 1 cm rounded stone, 90% brown fusion crust, fresh interior; 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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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(77° 14' 5"S, 158° 7' 36"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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