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Cumulus Hills 04044
Basic information Name: Cumulus Hills 04044
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CMS 04044
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 20.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 28(2)  (2005)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 630 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2005
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Writeup from AMN 28(2):
Sample No.: CMS 04044;
CMS 04048
Location: Cumulus Hills
Field No.: 14002; 14030
Dimensions (cm):   3.0x2.5x2.5
2.0x2.5x2.5
Weight (g): 20.20; 30.27
Meteorite Type: Ureilite
    
CMS 04044 CMS 04048 CMS 04048
CMS 04048 CMS 04048  
   

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
CMS 04044 has a fractured brown exterior. 048 has 60% dull brown/black fusion crust with some polygonal fractures and oxidation. The interiors are rusty, crystalline with fractures. 044 has evaporites present.

Thin Section (,2 ,4) Description: Tim McCoy
The meteorites are so similar that a single description suffices. The sections consist of an aggregate of large olivine and pyroxene grains up to 2 mm across. Individual olivine grains are rimmed by carbon-rich material containing traces of metal. Olivine has cores of Fa23, with rims reduced to Fa3. Pigeonite is Fs19, Wo7. The meteorites are ureilites.


CMS 04044 - Cross-Polarized Light CMS 04044 - Reflected Light CMS 04044 - Cross-Polarized Light CMS 04044 - Reflected Light
CMS 04044
Cross-Polarized Light 		CMS 04044
Reflected Light 		CMS 04044
Cross-Polarized Light 		CMS 04044
Reflected Light
Data from:
  MB91
  Table 4
  Line 23:
Mass (g):20.2
Class:Ure
Weathering grade:CE
Fayalite (mol%):10-23
Ferrosilite (mol%):19
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(2) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Photograph from unknown source A photo is in the write-up above
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA            
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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

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