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MacAlpine Hills 02535
Basic information Name: MacAlpine Hills 02535
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 02535
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 14.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(1)  (2004)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  CM2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 633 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Field number: 14230
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Writeup from AMN 27(1):
Sample No.: MAC 02535
Location: MacAlpine Hills
Field No.: 14230
Dimensions (cm):   2.5x3.0x1.5
Weight (g): 14.367
Meteorite Type: CM2 Chondrite
    MAC02535

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Black, purple tinged, polygonally fractured fusion crust covers 90% of this carbonaceous chondrite. The interior is black, friable and weathered with white and rust stained inclusions.

Thin Section (,4) Description: Linda Welzenbach, Tim McCoy

MAC 02535 - Cross-Polarized Light MAC 02535 - Plane-Polarized Light
Cross-Polarized Light Plane-Polarized Light
The section consists of a few small shock flattened chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-52, with a peak at Fa0-2; orthopyroxene is Fs0-1. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.
Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 52:
Mass (g):14.367
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B/CE
Fayalite (mol%):0-52
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-1
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(1) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (84° 18' 59"S, 159° 47' 53"E)
Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 13.6 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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