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Queen Alexandra Range 94535 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Queen Alexandra Range 94535 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 94535 Observed fall: No Year found: 1994 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 11.3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 87 approved meteorites classified as Winonaite. [show all] Search for other: Primitive achondrites, Winonaites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Field number: 10235 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 19(1):
There is nothing pretty about this extensively weathered stone. Ten percent of the thin brown fusion crust remains. The interior is red-brown. Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason The section shows a finely granular aggregate of olivine and pyroxene (average grain size about 0.02 mm) with a few coarser areas (possibly vestigial chondrules); about 20% of nickel-iron and troilite are present, much of the metal as thin veinlets throughout the section. The metal is extensively weathered to brown limonite. The olivine and pyroxene are iron-poor: olivine, Fa1-3; pyroxene, Fs1-2. The nickel-iron contains 0.1-0.2% Si. The meteorite is classified as an anomalous chondrite; it resembles Pontlyfni (Mineral Mag., v. 41, p. 201, 1977). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB79 Table 2 Line 1641: |
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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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Statistics: This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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