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Pecora Escarpment 91005

Basic information

Name: Pecora Escarpment 91005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 91005
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 3.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 15(2)	(1992)	Pallasite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	Pallasite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Pallasite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Pallasite-an
Recommended:			Pallasite, PMG [explanation]

This is 1 of 58 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Pallasite, PMG. [show all]
Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites

Comments:

Revised 26 May 2009: Classification from Wasson (2003)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 15(2):

See PCA 91004

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 4867:

Origin or pseudonym:	Kink Bowl
Mass (g):	3.8
Class:	Pal
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	11
Comments:	91004 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(2) (1992), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(85° 38'S, 68° 42'W)
Recommended::	(85° 40' 36"S, 69° 3' 21"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.7 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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