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Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L5
Country
Year found
2014
Mass
1540 g
[Museum Collection]
(1) 903g (2) 616g
This is 1 of 8638 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017.
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L6
Country
Year found
1886
Mass
45 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 19.6g
This is 1 of 12396 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L6
Country
Year found
1803
Mass
37 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 1.78g
BONHAMS Auction 7 DEC 2021 Lot#2358
BONHAMS Auction 7 DEC 2021 Lot#2358
This is 1 of 12396 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L5/6
Country
Year found
1992
Mass
150 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 22g (2) 4.1g
This is 1 of 191 approved meteorites classified as L5/6. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Search for this meteorite in the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide database (Siena, Italy): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L5
Country
Year found
1950
Mass
4.89 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 0.32g
This is 1 of 8638 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 8, Moscow (1958)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L6
Country
Year found
1968
Mass
8.81 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 6g
This is 1 of 12901 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L5
Country
Year found
1991
Mass
110 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 14.7g
This is 1 of 8865 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. Search for specimens in the Smithsonian Institution collection (U.S.): Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Search for this meteorite in the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide database (Siena, Italy): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L5
Country
Year found
2003
Mass
4.44 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 4.75g (2) 16.52g
History: In November of 2003, Michael Farmer traveled to Burkina Faso to purchase meteorites. During his visit he heard of a recent fall near the town of Bilanga. Mr. Farmer bought ~1.6 kg of the new fall in Bilanga, then traveled to the fall site ~40 km NNW to the villages of Batiawo and Lampiaiyre (several km SE of Oudangou). Here he purchased the remaining 2.84 kg of stones. According to the villagers of Batiawo and Lampyaire, the stones fell within the villages and surrounding bushland, during the afternoon in early November 2003, though the exact date could not be agreed upon. Several of the stones from Batiawo had been broken into pieces by villagers. The largest stone (broken into three pieces) is 2031 g. Physical characteristics: All stones are well-rounded showing broad, poorly developed regmaglypts, and covered by a velvety fusion crust up to 0.5 mm thick. The few reddish patches on the exterior are from the local soil. Interior is primarily white, with heterogeneous distribution of gray clasts. Clasts to 5 cm, rounded, some with scalloped margins. A few large metal-troilite nodules, to 1.5 cm. Sparse shock veining. None of the stones show signs of rusting. Petrography: (L. Garvie, ASU) Matrix largely recrystallized with disseminated plagioclase grains <50 μm, rarely to 200 μm. Scattering of distinct chondrules, some to 1 mm, including RP, PO, and BO. Localized melting forming silicate-metal-sulfide pods. Two 1 cm2 sections show ~10 Cu grains each. Cu grains (
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L6
Country
Year found
1983
Mass
1830 g
[Museum Collection]
(1) 15.00g
This is 1 of 12396 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L4/5
Country
Year found
1986
Mass
10 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 40.44g
This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L4/5. Search for this meteorite in the Natural History Museum collection (U.K.): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
Name
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Structure Class
Ordinary chondrites
Chemical Class
L6
Country
Year found
1986
Mass
81.6 kg
[Museum Collection]
(1) 7.6g
This is 1 of 12901 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. Search for this meteorite in the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide database (Siena, Italy): Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)