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Queen Alexandra Range 93639 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93639 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 93639 Observed fall: No Year found: 1993 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 1.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as CVoxA3.7. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Field number: 7809
Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 18(2):
Ten percent of this meteorite is covered with frothy black patches of fusion crust. Trace amounts of evaporite deposit are visible on the exterior. The interior matrix is dark gray and fine grained with abundant white inclusions. Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB79 Table 2 Line 1203: |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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