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Queen Alexandra Range 93723
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93723
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 93723
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 15.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 18(2)  (1995)  Howardite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  Howardite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Howardite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
Comments: Field number: 8221
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Writeup from AMN 18(2):
Sample No.:
QUE93723
Location:Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):2.8 x 2.1 x 1.3
Weight (g):15.4
Meteorite Type:Howardite
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
Black patches of fusion crust cover thirty percent of the exterior of this achondrite. Areas without fusion crust are greenish gray and some small white inclusions are visible. The interior surface reveals a mottled gray color with abundant small white and dark inclusions. Minor oxidation is scattered throughout the sample. The white plagioclase inclusions are 1-2 mm in size. The darker inclusions are smaller. The meteorite has a medium grained texture.

Thin Section (,3) Description: Brian Mason
The section is a microbreccia of pyroxene with minor plagioclase, and a few minute opaque grains. Individual clasts range up to 1.8 mm across. Microprobe analyses show that pyroxene compositions range fairly uniformly from Wo2Fs22 to Wo15Fs50; plagioclase compositions range from An80 to An94. One grain of SiO2, probably tridymite, and one grain of ilmenite were analyzed. The meteorite is classified as a howardite.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1285:
Origin or pseudonym:Foggy Bottom Moraine
Mass (g):15.4
Class:How
Weathering grade:A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):22-51
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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° 35' 57"S, 162° 11' 46"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 92.8 km apart

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