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Allan Hills 88068
Basic information Name: Allan Hills 88068
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALH 88068
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by EUROMET consortium]
Mass:help 12.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6579 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB80
  Table 1
  Line 2:
Mass (g):12.79
Class:H6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):17.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.6
Classifier:J. C. Bridges, R. Hutchison, M. Grady, C. Li and I. Lunney (NHM)
Type spec location:NHM
Institutions
   and collections		 NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 80, MAPS 31, A175-A180 (1996)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 20'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 43'S, 159° 20'E)

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