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Pecora Escarpment 91258
Basic information Name: Pecora Escarpment 91258
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 91258
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 10.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 16(1)  (1993)  E4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  EH3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  EH3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EH3
Recommended:  EH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 142 approved meteorites classified as EH3.   [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5054:
Origin or pseudonym:Main
Mass (g):10.4
Class:EH3
Weathering grade:B/C
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.9
Comments:82518 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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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (85° 38'S, 68° 42'W)
     Recommended::   (85° 39' 49"S, 68° 22' 15"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.4 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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