Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Wisconsin Range 91608

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Wisconsin Range 91608

Basic information

Name: Wisconsin Range 91608
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: WIS 91608
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.28 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 16(1)	(1993)	C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	C2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CM2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 622 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 16(1):

See WIS 91600

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5518:

Origin or pseudonym:	Spear Nunatak
Mass (g):	0.3
Class:	C2
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-44
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-15
Comments:	91600 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(1) (1993), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84° 45'S, 125° 0'W)
Recommended::	(86° 31' 23"S, 123° 58' 21"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 198.2 km apart

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

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