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Queen Alexandra Range 99658

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 99658
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 99658
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 8.8 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-unbr
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 25(1)	(2002)	Eucrite-unbr
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	Eucrite-unbr
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite-unbr [explanation]

This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Comments:

Field number: 11459

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 25(1):

Sample No.:	QUE 99658
Location:	Queen Alexandra Range
Field No.:	11459
Dimensions (cm):	2.0x2.5x1.5
Weight (g):	8.770
Meteorite Type:	Eucrite (Unbrecciated)

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior is completely covered with shiny black fusion crust. The interior consists of linear white and gray crystalline material.

Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach, and Gretchen Benedix


Plane-Polarized Light	Cross-Polarized Light

This meteorite is an unbrecciated, coarse eucrite that has been extensively shocked and is cross cut by shock melt veins. Orthopyroxene is homogeneous at Fs₅₉Wo₂. Plagioclase is An₈₉Or_0.5. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~29. The meteorite is an unbrecciated eucrite.

Data from:
  MB86
  Table A1
  Line 589:

Origin or pseudonym:	Goodwin Nunataks Icefields
Mass (g):	8.8
Class:	Eu "ub”
Weathering grade:	A
Ferrosilite (mol%):	59

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(1) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 37' 17"S, 161° 23' 49"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 100.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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