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Queen Alexandra Range 94222
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 94222
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 94222
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 4.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 19(1)  (1996)  C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  C2
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  C2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  C2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(1)  (2010)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Field number: 10010
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 19(1):
Sample No.:QUE94220; QUE94222 QUE94220
Location:Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):2 x 1.3 x 1; 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.9
Weight (g):2.6; 4.8
Meteorite Type:C2 chondrite

QUE94220 Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
Black, weathered fusion crust covers fifty percent of the exterior of QUE94222. The broken surface has distinct, thick, rounded blebs of evaporite deposit. No fusion crust remains on 94220 but there is a minor amount of evaporite deposit on the exterior surface. The interior material of both of these carbonaceous chondrites is medium to dark gray. Small white and light gray inclusions are scattered throughout.

Thin Section (QUE94220,2; 94222,2) Description: Brian Mason
The sections are so similar that a single description suffices; the meteorites are possibly paired. They show a few small chondrules, up to 0.5 mm across, some irregular aggregates, and numerous small mineral grains in a translucent brown isotropic matrix. The mineral grains are almost entirely olivine, near Mg2SiO4 in composition, with a few iron-rich grains. The matrix consist of iron-rich serpentine. The meteorites are C2 chondrites.

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1339:
Origin or pseudonym:Footrot Flats
Mass (g):4.8
Class:C2
Weathering grade:Be
Fayalite (mol%):1-29
Comments:94220 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19(1) (1996), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (84°S, 168°E)
     Recommended::   (84° 34' 30"S, 162° 33' 54"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 88.1 km apart

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