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
Grove Mountains 021815	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052363	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 054528	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94468	1.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94469	1.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94449	1.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Patuxent Range 10307	1.3 g	L6	2010	Found	—
Grove Mountains 021613	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94265	1.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 96326	1.3 g	L6	1996	Found	Antarctica
MacKay Glacier 05235	1.3 g	L6	2005	Found	—
LaPaz Icefield 02430	1.3 g	L6	2002	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93757	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 021990	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 90635	1.3 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 87802	1.3 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 90090	1.3 g	L6	1991	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 90644	1.3 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 90100	1.3 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75074	1.3 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93620	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 01126	1.3 g	L6	2001	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93538	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 97371	1.3 g	L6	1997	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 97378	1.3 g	L6	1997	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93403	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052577	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 97645	1.3 g	L6	1997	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 07651	1.3 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93171	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 92118	1.3 g	L6	1992	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 07551	1.3 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93145	1.3 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 051728	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090556	1.3 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Miller Range 090545	1.3 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 94467	1.3 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053837	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75041	1.3 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022066	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022064	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022012	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 051992	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 054133	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053815	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020810	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053005	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052267	1.3 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023759	1.3 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052984	1.3 g	L6	2006	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