Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 88059

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Allan Hills 88059

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 88059
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 88059
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass: 15 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 72	(1992)	L(LL?)3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L/LL3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L/LL3
Recommended:			L/LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB72
  Table 3
  Line 1:

Mass (g):	14.97
Class:	L(LL?)3
Fayalite (mol%):	11.2-43.7
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.5-35.7
Classifier:	R. Hutchison, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD
Type spec location:	thin sections, Natural History Museum, London; specimens and thin sections, The Open University, Department of Earth Sciences, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Main mass:	EUROMET
Comments:	Opaque matrix/rims

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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° 40' 54"S, 159° 18' 36"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4 km apart

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

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