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Mount DeWitt 96601
Basic information Name: Mount DeWitt 96601
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: DEW 96601
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 17.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(2)  (1998)  H3.8
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  H3.8
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H3.8
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H3.8
Recommended:  H3.8    [explanation]

This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as H3.8.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No.:

DEW96601

Location:

Mount DeWitt

Dimensions (cm):

2.5x2.0x2.0

Weight (g):

17.35

Meteorite Type:

H3 Chondrite (estimated H3.8)
DEW96601 Thumbnail

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior has brown/black fusion crust with oxidation halos and some evaporites. The interior has a sugary texture with rusty metal grains. Dark and light colored chondrules are visible and some rusty inclusions are present.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
DEW96601 - Cross-Polarized Light The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is extremely abundant. Weathering is pervasive. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa14-21 and pyroxenes from Fs3-17. The meteorite is probably an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.8).

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 2:
Mass (g):17.4
Class:H3.8
Weathering grade:B/Ce
Fayalite (mol%):14-21
Ferrosilite (mol%):3-17
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(2) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Photograph from unknown source A photo is in the write-up above
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA      
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (77° 12'S, 159° 50'E)
     Recommended::   (77° 12'S, 159° 50'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 40759 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)
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