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| Basic information | Name: Allan Hills A81315 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: ALHA81315 This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 81315 (ALH 81315) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1981 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  2.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 88 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 8(1):
Sample No.: ALHA81315 Location: Allan Hills Weight (g): 2.4 Field No.: 1674 Dimensions (cm): 1.5 x 1 x 1 Meteorite Type: H(?) Chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Roberta Score Eighty percent of this meteorite is covered with fusion crust. Matrix is gray in color. It contains many darker colored submillimeter inclusions Metal is abundant. Oxidation is scattered evenly throughout the interior.
Thin Section (,1) Description: Brian Mason ALHA81315 is a small specimen which has texture and mineral composition essentially identical to ALHA81261, classed as an H(?) meteorite, and is probably paired with it and ALHA77081. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 8(1) (1985), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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