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David Glacier 92306

Basic information

Name: David Glacier 92306
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DAV 92306
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1.6 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	LL3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	LL3.6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL3.6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL3.6
Recommended:			LL3.6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites classified as LL3.6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 17(1):

See DAV 92302

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 19:

Mass (g):	1.6
Class:	LL3.6
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	16-32
Ferrosilite (mol%):	4-18

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(1) (1994), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(75° 19'S, 162° 0'E)
Recommended::	(75° 19'S, 162° 0'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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