Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93017 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 93017 Observed fall: No Year found: 1993 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 8.8 g
Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow
Dull black fusion crust covers 60% of the exterior of this carbonaceous
chondrite. Evaporite deposit is present on some surfaces and
some surface fracturing is visible. The interior matrix is black
with abundant millimeter-sized white inclusions. The matrix is
fined grained and evenly textured.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows a few chondrules, up to 0.6 mm across, some
irregular aggregates, and numerous small silicate grains in a
black matrix. The silicate grains are almost entirely olivine
near Mg2SiO4 in composition, with a few more iron-rich grains.
A little pyroxene near MgSiO3 in composition is present. The
matrix appears to consist largely of iron-rich serpentine. The
meteorite is a C2 chondrite; it is very similar to QUE93004 and
93006, with which it is probably paired.
8.8 g
