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
Camel Donga 024	0.7 g	L6	1994	Found	Australia
Yamato 75243	0.7 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 792727	0.7 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022442	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023224	0.7 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75280	0.6 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020351	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75241	0.6 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023132	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023124	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022343	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023125	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 94640	0.6 g	L6	1994	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 96173	0.6 g	L6	1996	Found	Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87152	0.6 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Frontier Mountain 10062	0.6 g	L6	2011	Found	Antarctica
Elephant Moraine 92145	0.6 g	L6	1992	Found	Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range 99771	0.6 g	L6	1999	Found	Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87252	0.6 g	L6	1987	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022631	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090729	0.6 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 90348	0.6 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022569	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 024006	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090898	0.6 g	L6	2009	Found	—
MacKay Glacier 05258	0.6 g	L6	2005	Found	—
Camel Donga 019	0.6 g	L6	1994	Found	Australia
Elephant Moraine 90918	0.6 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090397	0.6 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Patuxent Range 10330	0.6 g	L6	2010	Found	—
Miller Range 07432	0.6 g	L6	2007	Found	—
Grove Mountains 022308	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Miller Range 090964	0.6 g	L6	2009	Found	—
Elephant Moraine 90347	0.6 g	L6	1990	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022305	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022661	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 020601	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 021763	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022619	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 793217	0.6 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 791570	0.6 g	L6	1979	Found	Antarctica
Yamato 75038	0.6 g	L6	1975	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 024258	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022741	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022623	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023298	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 023289	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022650	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022599	0.6 g	L6	2003	Found	Antarctica
Grove Mountains 022638	0.6 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