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Pecora Escarpment 91452

Basic information

Name: Pecora Escarpment 91452
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 91452
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 7.2 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 16(2)	(1993)	Chondrite-ung
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	ALH85085-like
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CH
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CH
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CH3
Recommended:			CH3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CH3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CH chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 16(2):

See PCA 91328

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5245:

Origin or pseudonym:	Kink Bowl
Mass (g):	7.2
Class:	"CH"
Weathering grade:	B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-5
Comments:	91328 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(2) (1993), 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' 43"S, 69° 4' 0"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 5.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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