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
Lucerne Valley 041	0.8 g	L6	2004	Found	United States
Yamato 75053	0.8 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75211	0.8 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 021759	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052578	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053424	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053397	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 054235	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053441	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022640	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020925	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 791523	0.8 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053498	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052409	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052582	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022627	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053297	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053289	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023145	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022306	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Camel Donga 020	0.8 g	L6	1994	Found	Australia
Grove Mountains 023761	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022600	0.8 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 92125	0.8 g	L6	1992	Found	Antarctica
Graves Nunataks 98162	0.8 g	L6	1998	Found	Antarctica
Allan Hills A77069	0.8 g	L6	1977	Found	Antarctica
Allan Hills 90409	0.8 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 04835	0.8 g	L6	2004	Found	—
Lewis Cliff 87218	0.8 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 90979	0.8 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
MacKay Glacier 05259	0.8 g	L6	2005	Found	—
Patuxent Range 91530	0.8 g	L6	1991	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 05122	0.8 g	L6	2005	Found	—
Reckling Peak 92446	0.8 g	L6	1992	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090394	0.8 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Frontier Mountain 97011	0.8 g	L6	1997	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 74451	0.8 g	L6	1974	Found	Antarctica
MacKay Glacier 05264	0.8 g	L6	2005	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 92151	0.8 g	L6	1992	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 74087	0.8 g	L6	1974	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 03095	0.8 g	L6	2004	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 791594	0.8 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052822	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 791529	0.8 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 793318	0.8 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053591	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 054144	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053486	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052468	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052464	0.8 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