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Lewis Cliff 86105

Basic information

Name: Lewis Cliff 86105
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LEW 86105
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1986
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 6.4 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 13(3)	(1990)	H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	H3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 19(1)	(1996)	L3.4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.4
Recommended:			L3.4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Field number: 3016

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 13(3):

See LEW 86102

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 3147:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Ice Tongue
Mass (g):	6.4
Class:	H3
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	1-50
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-32
Comments:	86102 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 13(3) (1990), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 17'S, 161° 5'E)
Recommended::	(84° 15' 37"S, 161° 22' 49"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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