Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills 85085

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Allan Hills 85085

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills 85085
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 85085
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 11.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 10(2)	(1987)	E3
	AMN 13(1)	(1990)	C-unique
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	ALH85085-like
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CH
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CH2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CH3
Recommended:			CH3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CH3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CH chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1314:

Origin or pseudonym:	Far Western
Mass (g):	11.9
Class:	"CH"
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-4

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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° 50' 54"S, 156° 25' 13"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 84.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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