Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills A77029

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Allan Hills A77029

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills A77029
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA77029
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 77029 (ALH 77029) in publications.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1977
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1.4 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 7(1)	(1984)	CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CO3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CO3.4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3.4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CO3.4
Recommended:			CO3.4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as CO3.4. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 34:

Origin or pseudonym:	Main icefield
Mass (g):	1.4
Class:	CO3
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	23
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2.6

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 6(2) (1983), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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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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