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Queen Alexandra Range 90238
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 90238
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 90238
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 205 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 15(1)  (1992)  L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  L5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8876 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 6157
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5326:
Origin or pseudonym:Goodwin Nunataks Icefields
Mass (g):205.1
Class:L5
Weathering grade:B
Comments:NTL=4.2±0.4; 90201 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(1) (1992), 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:   (84°S, 168°E)
     Recommended::   (84° 35' 43"S, 162° 18' 20"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 91.6 km apart

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