Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 88016

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Allan Hills 88016

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 88016
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 88016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass: 73.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	H4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 5956 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 4
  Line 8:

Mass (g):	73.7
Class:	H4
Fayalite (mol%):	19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.9
Classifier:	G. Andrehs, Institut fur Physik der Erde, Potsdam, Germany. The Natural Thermoluminescence (NTL) data were measured by P. H. Benoit, H. Sears and D. W. G. Sears, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Main mass:	EUROMET
Comments:	shock veins; NTL: 129.5 ± 0.3

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 20'E)
Recommended::	(76° 41' 33"S, 159° 19' 50"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 2.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40129 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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