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MacKay Glacier 05234
Basic information Name: MacKay Glacier 05234
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MCY 05234
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 0.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 29(2)  (2006)  CM1-2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  CM1-2
Recommended:  CM1/2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites classified as CM1/2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 1), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Revised 30 May 2009: Change to CM1/2 from 1-2: not described as a breccia
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Writeup from AMN 29(2):
Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 696:
Mass (g):0.8
Class:CM1-2
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):0-2
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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