L5 Meteorites

l-chondrite group · 4,817 meteorites

L5 chondrites are low-iron ordinary chondrites with petrologic type 5. They represent one of the most common meteorite classifications, making up approximately 12% of all observed falls.

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Name	Mass	Class	Year	Type	Country
Grove Mountains 020921	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090393	1.2 g	L5	2009	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041253	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041230	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Graves Nunataks 06160	1.2 g	L5	2006	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041018	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 02758	1.2 g	L5	2002	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052746	1.2 g	L5	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053845	1.2 g	L5	2006	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 04866	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
LaPaz Icefield 03887	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	—
Grove Mountains 021189	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020586	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 041084	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Grove Mountains 022555	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 041077	1.2 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Grove Mountains 023598	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020319	1.2 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 99797	1.1 g	L5	1999	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 041083	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 02715	1.1 g	L5	2002	Found	—
Patuxent Range 10320	1.1 g	L5	2010	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93149	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
Patuxent Range 10308	1.1 g	L5	2010	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041234	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041233	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93119	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090445	1.1 g	L5	2009	Found	—
Graves Nunataks 06222	1.1 g	L5	2006	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93453	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93474	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 041017	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Graves Nunataks 06216	1.1 g	L5	2006	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041226	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 041183	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93670	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 02534	1.1 g	L5	2002	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 041181	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 94651	1.1 g	L5	1994	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 04883	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
LaPaz Icefield 031380	1.1 g	L5	2003	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 99631	1.1 g	L5	1999	Found	Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 04708	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Grove Mountains 023608	1.1 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 04977	1.1 g	L5	2004	Found	—
Grove Mountains 020590	1.1 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 024016	1.1 g	L5	2003	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 93018	1.1 g	L5	1993	Found	Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 031329	1.0 g	L5	2003	Found	—
MacAlpine Hills 04904	1.0 g	L5	2004	Found	—

Top Countries

Antarctica 2,090
Oman 256
United States 113
Libya 73
Algeria 63
Australia 48
Argentina 25
China 15
Mexico 12
Canada 10
France 7
Ukraine 4
Italy 3
Egypt 3
Mauritania 3

Related Classifications

L6 8,339
L4 1,256
L3 365
L5/6 109
L3.5 88
L3.8 66
L4/5 59
L3.4 51
L3.7 49
L3.6 48