Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97676 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 97676 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 2.4 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride The exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite has brown/black fusion crust with evaporites and polygonal fractures. The interior is dull, black and soft. Inclusions are tiny light colored specks.
Thin Section (, 3) Description: Tim McCoy
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Plane-Polarized Light
The section consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine with rare small (up to 0.5 mm) chondrules and scattered mineral grains. Olivine composition are Fa1-32, with most Fa1-2, and orthopyroxene is Fs0.-2. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite. It is much more heavily aqueously altered than QUE 97077 or QUE 97621.