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Pecora Escarpment 91193
Basic information Name: Pecora Escarpment 91193
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 91193
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 12.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 16(1)  (1993)  Eucrite
AMN 17(1)  (1994)  Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  Eucrite-br
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite-br
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 407 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
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Writeup from AMN 16(1):
Data from:
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  Table 2
  Line 5000:
Origin or pseudonym:Main
Mass (g):12.3
Class:Eu "br"
Weathering grade:A/Be
Ferrosilite (mol%):34-45
Comments:91079 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(1) (1993), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 38'S, 68° 42'W)
     Recommended::   (85° 40' 54"S, 68° 44' 31"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.4 km apart

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