Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 94001

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Allan Hills 94001

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 94001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 94001
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 196.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 19(2)	(1996)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	L/LL4?
Recommended:			L/LL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as L/LL4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 3 Nov 2008: Reclassified in AMN 30(2)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 1:

Origin or pseudonym:	Main icefield
Mass (g):	196.5
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19(2) (1996), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Antarctica

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

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

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