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Queen Alexandra Range 93309

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93309
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 93309
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 8.4 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 18(1)	(1995)	L3.5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	L3.5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.5
Recommended:			L3.5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 98 approved meteorites classified as L3.5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Field number: 8483

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 18(1):

Sample No.: QUE93309
Location: Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm): 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.1
Weight (g): 8.4
Meteorite Type: L3 Chondrite (estimated L3.5)

Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow
Shiny, smooth, dark-brown fusion crust covers ninety-five percent of the exterior of this chondrite. The interior is composed of weathered, brownish-black matrix. Oxidation is extensive and evaporite deposit was noted in the interior.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows numerous chondrules (up to 2.4 mm across), chondrule fragments, and mineral grains in a small amount of black matrix. The meteorite is severely weathered, with only traces of nickel-iron and troilite remaining. Microprobe analyses show a wide range in olivine and pyroxene compositions: olivine, Fa7-28, mean Fa14; pyroxene, Fs6-26. The meteorite is classified as an L3 Chondrite (estimated L3.5).

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 874:

Origin or pseudonym:	Foggy Bottom Moraine
Mass (g):	8.4
Class:	L3.5
Weathering grade:	B/Ce
Fayalite (mol%):	7-28
Ferrosilite (mol%):	6-26

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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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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 36' 14"S, 162° 9' 47"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 93.4 km apart

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

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