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Lonewolf Nunataks 94100
Basic information Name: Lonewolf Nunataks 94100
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LON 94100
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 1947 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 18(2)  (1995)  E6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  E6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  E6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EL6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 31(1)  (2008)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 133 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 18(2):
Sample No.: LON94100
Location: Lonewolf Nunataks
Dimensions (cm):   13.5 x 9.5 x 8.0
Weight (g): 1947.1
Meteorite Type: E6 Chondrite
    LON94100 sample

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This meteorite is shaped like a volcanic bomb and has a rusty-colored, exfoliating, flaky exterior. It is dull on one side and shiny on the opposite side. Thick evaporitic material is present on two exterior surfaces. The flaky crust has numerous surface cracks that do not penetrate the interior and run mostly in the longitudinal direction. The weathered crust extends a few millimeters into the interior. The interior is very fresh compared to the exterior and proved to be very coherent and extremely hard. The interior is fine-grained and varies in color from steel-gray to black with interstitial white to clear crystals.

Thin Section (,6) Description: Brian Mason
Only vague traces of chondritic structure are visible in the thin section, which shows the meteorite to consist largely of granular to prismatic enstatite (grain size 0.1-0.2 mm), about 20% nickel-iron, minor amounts of sulfides, and a little plagioclase. The enstatite is almost pure MgSiO3 (Fe 0.1-0.6%, Ca 0.7-0.9%). The metal contains 0.9% Si. One grain of plagioclase, An17, was analyzed. The meteorite is an E6 chondrite.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 482:
Mass (g):1947.1
Class:E6
Weathering grade:A/Be
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-1
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 18(2) (1995), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (81° 20'S, 152° 50'E)
     Recommended::   (81° 20'S, 152° 50'E)

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