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Queen Alexandra Range 93586
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93586
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 93586
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 0.76 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 18(2)  (1995)  Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  Mesosiderite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Mesosiderite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Mesosiderite
Recommended:  Mesosiderite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 270 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite.   [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 7803
Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 18(2):
Sample No.:
QUE93517; QUE93575; QUE93584; QUE93586
Location: Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm): 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.4; 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.4; 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7; 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.4
Weight (g): 0.9; 1.5; 24.3; 0.8
Meteorite Type: Mesosiderite
Macroscopic Description: Carol Schwarz and Robbie Marlow
These weathered, small, angular fragments contain little or no fusion crust and have a dark red-brown color. The smallest two fragments, QUE93517 and 93586, are now entirely embedded in epoxy.

Thin Section (QUE93517,1; 93575,2; 93584,2; 93586,1) Description: Brian Mason
Microprobe analyses of these sections show a wide range of pyroxene compositions (Fs14-57). The meteorites are classified as mesosiderites. They are very similar to the larger mesosiderite QUE86900 (Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2), 1987), with which they are probably paired.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1150:
Origin or pseudonym:Footrot Flats
Mass (g):0.8
Class:Meso
Weathering grade:B
Ferrosilite (mol%):24-57
Comments:86900 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 18(2) (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° 34' 39"S, 162° 33' 43"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 88.3 km apart

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