Name: Meteorite Hills 01084 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MET 01084 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 4.29 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
50% of the exterior of this meteorite is covered with black fusion crust with shiny patches. The exposed interior shows gray matrix. The interior matrix is a gray, crystalline with white inclusions <1 mm in size. There are a few small areas with a slight rust color and black veins.
Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy
Plane-Polarized Light
Cross-Polarized Light
The section shows a groundmass of coarse (up to 2 mm) comminuted pyroxene, with minor plagioclase and olivine. Orthopyroxene has a composition of Fs26Wo2; plagioclase is An88Or0.5; olivine is Fa30. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~28. The meteorite is a diogenite.