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Graves Nunataks 95215

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Name: Graves Nunataks 95215
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRA 95215
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 321 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 20(2)	(1997)	H4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	H4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 1715 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Revised 3 Nov 2008: Reclassified in AMN 30(2)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 116:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower West Graves
Mass (g):	320.6
Class:	H4
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	19
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8-23
Comments:	NTL=48.5±0.4

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 20(2) (1997), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)
Recommended::	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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