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 052957	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052470	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053754	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052871	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 82194	0.8 g	L6	1982	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052590	0.8 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75242	0.7 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052938	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 02780	0.7 g	L6	2002	Found	—
Yamato 791525	0.7 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052541	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 07648	0.7 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Miller Range 090144	0.7 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Grove Mountains 053629	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Camel Donga 034	0.7 g	L6	1994	Found	Australia
Miller Range 090370	0.7 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 93489	0.7 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090956	0.7 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Queen Alexandra Range 94261	0.7 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 93524	0.7 g	L6	1993	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 96148	0.7 g	L6	1996	Found	Antarctica
Patuxent Range 10326	0.7 g	L6	2010	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 90432	0.7 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053114	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87164	0.7 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 95013	0.7 g	L6	1995	Found	Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 04709	0.7 g	L6	2004	Found	—
Miller Range 07601	0.7 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Allan Hills 83105	0.7 g	L6	1983	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022598	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022823	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022327	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023035	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 99423	0.7 g	L6	1999	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75216	0.7 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022620	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052704	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 053347	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052605	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052476	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052592	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052604	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020355	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020353	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 052463	0.7 g	L6	2006	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022596	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022361	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 021698	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022198	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 024244	0.7 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