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MacAlpine Hills 041269 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: MacAlpine Hills 041269 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MAC 041269 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 4.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Field number: 15820
Approved 21 Feb 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 29(1):
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride 50% of the exterior surface is covered with black shiny (like glass) fusion crust. The interior is a black and gray, fine grained matrix with black and white inclusions. Very minor amount of rust is present. Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
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Data from: MB91 Table 4 Line 822: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(1) (2006), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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