Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Allan Hills A81285

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Allan Hills A81285

Basic information

Name: Allan Hills A81285
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: ALHA81285
This meteorite may also be called Allan Hills 81285 (ALH 81285) in publications.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1981
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 20 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 8(1)	(1985)	LL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	LL6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL6
Recommended:			LL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 2884 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 806:

Origin or pseudonym:	Main icefield
Mass (g):	20
Class:	LL6
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	23
Comments:	26Al=51±5

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 8(1) (1985), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 43'S, 159° 40'E)
Recommended::	(76° 39' 34"S, 159° 18' 45"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 11.1 km apart

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

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