Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lewis Cliff 86009

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Lewis Cliff 86009

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 86009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 86009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 6.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 10(2)	(1987)	C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	C2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	C2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 540 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 3210

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 10(2):

See LEW 86004

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3052:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	6.5
Class:	C2
Weathering grade:	A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):	0-45
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0-2
Comments:	86004 pairing group

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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:	(84° 17'S, 161° 5'E)
Recommended::	(84° 15' 26"S, 161° 25' 52"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.9 km apart

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

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