Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 94627

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Queen Alexandra Range 94627

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 94627
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 94627
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 30.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 19(2)	(1996)	Iron
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	Iron
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Iron
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CBb
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CBb
Recommended:			CBb [explanation]

This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as CBb. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CB chondrites, CH-CB family, and Metal-rich meteorites

Comments:

Field number: 5852

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 338:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):	30.5
Class:	Iron
Weathering grade:	B
Comments:	94411 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19(2) (1996), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 34' 34"S, 162° 5' 31"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 91.9 km apart

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

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