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Cumulus Hills 04049
Basic information Name: Cumulus Hills 04049
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: CMS 04049
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 90.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 28(2)  (2005)  Eucrite-unbr
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 91  (2007)  Eucrite-unbr
Recommended:  Eucrite-unbr    [explanation]

This is 1 of 136 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2005
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Writeup from AMN 28(2):
Sample No.: CMS 04049
Location: Cumulus Hills
Field No.: 14086
Dimensions (cm):   6.0x2.5x3.5
Weight (g): 90.209
Meteorite Type: Eucrite (Unbrecciated)
     
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Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
40% of the exterior is covered with black fusion crust with shiny patches. The interior consists of black and white mineral grains with some gray globs and translucent, tabular shaped minerals.

Thin Section (,4) Description: Tim McCoy
The section shows an unbrecciated intergrowth of coarse (up to 1 mm) pyroxene and plagioclase grains with a gabbroic texture. Pyroxene is exsolved to orthopyroxene (Fs50Wo5) and augite (Fs28Wo41) (Fe/Mn ~30) and plagioclase is An79-91Or0-1. Shock effects are extensive including darkening of silicates. The meteorite is an unbrecciated eucrite.

CMS 04049 - Partially Cross-Polarized Light CMS 04049 - Reflected Light CMS 04049 - Partially Cross-Polarized Light
CMS 04049
Partially
Cross-Polarized Light 		CMS 04049
Reflected Light 		CMS 04049
Partially
Cross-Polarized Light

Data from:
  MB91
  Table 4
  Line 28:
Mass (g):90.2
Class:Euc (unbrecciated)
Weathering grade:B
Ferrosilite (mol%):28-59
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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 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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