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Allan Hills 85066
Basic information Name: Allan Hills 85066
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 85066
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 10(2)  (1987)  LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1295:
Origin or pseudonym:Far Western
Mass (g):8
Class:LL6
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):28
Ferrosilite (mol%):23
Comments:NTL=77±2
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2) (1987), 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° 54' 41"S, 156° 32' 26"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 82.5 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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