Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 93148

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Queen Alexandra Range 93148

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93148
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 93148
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 18(1)	(1995)	Lodranite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	Lodranite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Lodranite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Achondrite-ung
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	Achondrite-ung
Recommended:			Achondrite-ung [explanation]

This is 1 of 151 approved meteorites classified as Achondrite-ung. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ungrouped achondrites

Comments:

Field number: 5988

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 18(1):

Sample No.: QUE93148
Location: Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm): 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.5
Weight (g): 1.1
Meteorite Type: Lodranite

Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow
Only twenty percent of the dull, weathered, brownish-black fusion crust remains on this specimen. The interior matrix is a rich dark amber color. The crystalline texture is coarse-grained.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows an irregular grain of nickel-iron, 3 mm across, partly surrounded by anhedral grains of olivine and orthopyroxene, 0.3-0.9 mm across. Fusion crust is present along one edge. Olivine composition is Fa15, pyroxene composition Wo2Fs13. The meteorite is a lodranite.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 714:

Origin or pseudonym:	Footrot Flats
Mass (g):	1.1
Class:	Lod
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	15
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 18(1) (1995), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)

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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 34' 33"S, 162° 34' 1"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 88.2 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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