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| Basic information | Name: Allan Hills 84008 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALH 84008 Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  302 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Aubrites, Enstatite achondrites, and Enstatite-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 8(2):
Sample No : ALH84008 Location: Allan Hills Weight (g): 301.6 Field No.: 2884 Dimensions (cm): 8 x 8 x 6 Meteorite Type: Aubrite
Macroscopic Description: Carol Schwarz This aubrite fragment has a small amount of black fusion crust and more of the yellowish fusion crust(?) remaining on its surface. The specimen is a complex breccia with large clean white clasts, smaller light clasts with dark inclusions, dark blebs (possibly metal), dark clasts, and areas of dark material with light clasts.
Thin Section (,3) Description: Glenn MacPherson See ALH84007 for description. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 974: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 8(2) (1985), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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