Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 88015

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Allan Hills 88015

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 88015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 88015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass: 83.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 69	(1990)	L6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L6
Recommended:			L6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 12222 approved meteorites (plus 7 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB69
  Table 2
  Line 7:

Mass (g):	83.7
Class:	L6
Fayalite (mol%):	25.9
Classifier:	A. L. Graham and R. Hutchison at the Natural History Museum, London
Type spec location:	thin sections are deposited: Natural History Museum, London
Comments:	Main Icefield

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 20'E)
Recommended::	(76° 40' 56"S, 159° 20' 17"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 3.8 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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