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Meteorite Hills 01075
Basic information Name: Meteorite Hills 01075
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 01075
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 29.9 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CM2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 25(2)  (2002)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 87  (2003)  CM2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
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Writeup from AMN 25(2):
Sample No.: MET 01071; MET 01072; MET 01075; MET 01078
Location: Meteorite Hills
Field No.: 13044; 13027; 13829; 13907
Dimensions (cm):   3.0x1.5x0.75
6.0x3.5x1.5
4.0x3.0x1.5
4.5x3.0x1.0
Weight (g): 4.503; 38.501; 29.943; 19.458
Meteorite Type: CM2 Chondrites
Skip Images TS met01071 072 075 and 078
MET01071 MET01072
MET01075 MET01078

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The amount of fusion crust on these meteorites ranges from 30 to 60%. All have purplish fusion crust with polygonal fractures and rust on some surfaces. Interiors reveal a black, platy matrix with 1 mm-sized white inclusions. These meteorites are friable.

Thin Section (, 2) Description: Gretchen Benedix, Linda Welzenbach and Tim McCoy
The sections consist of a few small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-61,with the majority of olivine falling around Fa1; orthopyroxene is Fs1-4. MET 01072 and 01078 exhibit foliated texture with somewhat flattened chondrules. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorites are CM2 chondrites.

Skip Thin Sections met01071 072 and 075
MET 01071 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01072 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01072 - Plane-Polarized Light MET 01072 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01075 - Plane-Polarized Light
MET 01071
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MET 01072
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MET 01072
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MET 01072
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MET 01075
Plane-Polarized Light
Skip Thin Sections met01075 and 078
MET 01075 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01075 - Plane-Polarized Light MET 01078 - Plane-Polarized Light MET 01078 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01078 - Plane-Polarized Light
MET 01075
Cross-Polarized Light
MET 01075
Plane-Polarized Light
MET 01078
Plane-Polarized Light
MET 01078
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MET 01078
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Data from:
  MB87
  Table A1
  Line 152:
Mass (g):29.94
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):0-46
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(2) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (79° 41'S, 155° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 80 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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