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Pecora Escarpment 02050
Basic information Name: Pecora Escarpment 02050
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 02050
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 9.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(3)  (2004)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  CM2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 622 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 27(3):
Sample No.: PCA 02050
Location: Pecora Escarpment
Field No.: 13633
Dimensions (cm):   3.0x1.5x1.5
Weight (g): 9.784
Meteorite Type: CM2 Chondrite
    PCA02050

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Thick, ropey, black fusion crust covers the surface of this carbonaceous chondrite. The black matrix has mm sized light colored chondrules.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Cari Corrigan

PCA 02050 - Plane-Polarized Light
Plane-Polarized Light
The section consists of a few small chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-40, with a peak at Fa0-2. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine; chondrules are relatively unaltered. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite and pairing with PCA 02011/02012 is likely.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 714:
Origin or pseudonym:North 40
Mass (g):9.78
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):0-40
Comments:02011 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(3) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Antarctica
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     Recommended::   (85° 38'S, 68° 42'W)

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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