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Pecora Escarpment 01006

Basic information

Name: Pecora Escarpment 01006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 01006
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass: 0.75 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	EL4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	EL4
Recommended:			EL4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as EL4. [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from MB 89:

Pecora Escarpment 01006

Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica

Find 2002 January 17

Enstatite chondrite (E4)

A 0.75 g meteorite was collected on the blue ice at Pecora Escarpment by a member of the Planetary Studies Foundation’s Antarctica 2002 Expedition. Classification (Paul Sipiera, Harper College, Illinois): the probe section was dominated by pyroxene and no olivine was present. The pyroxene analyses gave a mean composition of En 97.58, Fs 1.49, Wo 0.93 (n=28). The Si content in the metal was determined to be 1.5 wt.%. The petrologic type was determined petrographically. Specimens: type specimen, 0.75 g, James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 5
  Line 4:

Date:	Jan 2002
Latitude:	85°41.011'S
Longitude:	68°48.045'W
Mass (g):	0.75
Pieces:	1
Class:	EL4
Weathering grade:	B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.5
Classifier:	P. Sipiera, PSF
Type spec location:	DuPont
Main mass:	DuPont
Comments:	See separate entry

Institutions
and collections

PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
DuPont: James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection, Deposited at FMNH in 2008., United States (private address; updated 1 Jun 2012)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(85° 41' 1"S, 68° 48' 3"W)

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

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