Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for MacAlpine Hills 88105

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MacAlpine Hills 88105

Basic information

Name: MacAlpine Hills 88105
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 88105
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1988
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 663 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 12(2)	(1989)	Lunar (anorthositic breccia)
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	Lunar-anorthositic
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Lunar (anorth)
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Lunar (anorth)
Recommended:			Lunar (anorth) [explanation]

This is 1 of 65 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (anorth). [show all]
Search for other: Planetary meteorites, Lunar meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 12(3):

See MAC 88104

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 4653:

Mass (g):	662.5
Class:	Lun-A
Weathering grade:	A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):	10-34
Ferrosilite (mol%):	25

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 12(3) (1989), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 13'S, 160° 30'E)
Recommended::	(84° 13'S, 160° 30'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 26720 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 9488 unapproved names)

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