L6 Meteorites

l-chondrite group · 8,339 meteorites

L6 chondrites are low-iron ordinary chondrites with petrologic type 6, the most thermally metamorphosed. L chondrites have lower total iron (20-25%) than H group. The most common meteorite type by number of falls.

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Name	Mass	Class	Year	Type	Country
Elephant Moraine 87783	5.3 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 96179	5.3 g	L6	1996	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94761	5.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052892	5.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Jiddat al Harasis 469	5.3 g	L6	2007	Found	Oman
Grove Mountains 052174	5.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 982002	5.2 g	L6	1998	Found	—
Yamato 8315	5.2 g	L6	1983	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 983325	5.2 g	L6	1998	Found	—
Lucerne Valley 040	5.2 g	L6	2004	Found	United States
Miller Range 05123	5.2 g	L6	2005	Found	—
Lewis Cliff 88459	5.2 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090448	5.2 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 90562	5.2 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Geologists Range 99128	5.2 g	L6	1999	Found	Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88220	5.2 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
Pecora Escarpment 91305	5.2 g	L6	1991	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 07656	5.2 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 90808	5.2 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Bir Zar 007	5.2 g	L6	2008	Found	Algeria
Miller Range 090668	5.2 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Lewis Cliff 88687	5.2 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 04637	5.2 g	L6	2004	Found	—
Lewis Cliff 88661	5.2 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052430	5.2 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Ramlat as Sahmah 351	5.2 g	L6	2010	Found	Oman
Yamato 793416	5.2 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 8415	5.2 g	L6	1984	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75165	5.2 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75164	5.2 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Allan Hills A77196	5.2 g	L6	1977	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052661	5.1 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 051908	5.1 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 982893	5.1 g	L6	1998	Found	—
Yamato 81126	5.1 g	L6	1981	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052991	5.1 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052437	5.1 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75183	5.1 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 981471	5.1 g	L6	1998	Found	—
Lewis Cliff 88139	5.1 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
Allan Hills 84261	5.1 g	L6	1984	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 07549	5.1 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 84307	5.1 g	L6	1984	Found	Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88471	5.1 g	L6	1988	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 97004	5.1 g	L6	1997	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052894	5.1 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 790186	5.1 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 90178	5.1 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 82159	5.0 g	L6	1982	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020081	5.0 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica

Top Countries

Antarctica 4,796
Oman 568
Libya 342
United States 231
Algeria 150
Australia 127
Argentina 87
China 40
Mexico 25
France 23
Canada 22
Mauritania 16
Ukraine 12
India 9
Kazakhstan 9

Related Classifications

L5 4,817
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