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Queen Alexandra Range 93639
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:help 1.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 18(2)  (1995)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  CV3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CV3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 46(1)  (2023)  CVoxA3.7
Recommended:  CVoxA3.7    [explanation]

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)
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Writeup from AMN 18(2):
Sample No.:
QUE93639
Location: Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm): 1.8 x 1.0 x 0.6
Weight (g): 1.6
Meteorite Type: CV3 Chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow
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
The section shows numerous chondrules and irregular aggregates, up to 1.5 mm across, in a black matrix. A small amount of nickel-iron and troilite is present at the rims and within the chondrules. Microprobe analyses show that most of the olivine in the chondrules is close to Mg2SiO4 in composition, but ranges up to Fa17; pyroxene composition is Fs1-11. The matrix appears to consist largely of iron-rich olivine, about Fa50. The meteorite is classified as a C3 chondrite of the Vigarano subtype; it is very similar to QUE93429, with which it is probably paired.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1203:
Origin or pseudonym:Footrot Flats
Mass (g):1.6
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:Ae
Fayalite (mol%):1-17
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-11
Comments:93429 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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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (84°S, 168°E)
     Recommended::   (84° 34' 39"S, 162° 33' 36"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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