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Allan Hills A78234
Basic information Name: Allan Hills A78234
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA78234
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 78234 (ALH 78234) in publications.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1977 or 1978
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 0.52 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 10876 approved meteorites (plus 19 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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References: Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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