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Allan Hills 84206

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 84206
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 84206
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1984
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 15.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 9(3)	(1986)	E4
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	EH3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	EH3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	EH3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	EH3
Recommended:			EH3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 144 approved meteorites classified as EH3. [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 9(3):

See ALH 84188

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1171:

Origin or pseudonym:	Near Western
Mass (g):	15.1
Class:	EH3
Weathering grade:	A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.7-6
Comments:	81189 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 9(3) (1986), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
Recommended::	(76° 45' 5"S, 158° 45' 55"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 23.4 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 45041 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)

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