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Elephant Moraine 90043 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 90043 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 90043 Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 12.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CO3-an. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 3 Jun 2019: reclassified in AMN 41(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 15(1):
Sample No.: EET90043 Location: Elephant Moraine Field Number: 7133 Dimensions (cm): 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.3 Weight (g): 12.5 Meteorite Type: C2 chondrite
Macroscopic Descriotion: Cecilia Satterwhite One patch of fusion crust remains on this meteorite. The interior is black with abundant chondrules/inclusions present.
Thin Section (,2) Descriation: Brian Mason The section shows numerous small chondrules, up to 0.9 mm across, and abundant small grains, mainly olivine, in a black matrix. Microprobe analyses show olivine with a wide range in composition, Fa1-49, mean Fa14 (CV FeO is 103); pyroxene, Fs1-9. The meteorite is a C2 chondrite.
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Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 2076: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(1) (1992), JSC, Houston Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 41(1) (2018), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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