Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 83026

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Allan Hills 83026

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 83026
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 83026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1983
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 10(2)	(1987)	CO3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CO3
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CO3.5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CO3
Recommended:			CO3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 621 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 909:

Origin or pseudonym:	Middle Western
Mass (g):	0.1
Class:	CO3
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	0.3-18
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0.7-12
Comments:	77003 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2) (1987), 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° 49' 20"S, 158° 12' 54"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 38.9 km apart

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

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