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Pecora Escarpment 01009

Basic information

Name: Pecora Escarpment 01009
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 01009
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass: 10.2 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 9 Dec 2011

Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1754:

Origin or pseudonym:	Pecora Escarpment
Date:	2002 Jan 17
Latitude:	85°41.046'S
Longitude:	68°48.420'W
Mass (g):	10.17
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8-19.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.1-16.4
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.5±0.0
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	10.17
Type spec location:	FMNH
Main mass:	FMNH
Finder:	P. Sipiera
Comments:	Fairly well-formed, small chondrules; cpx Fs5.9-6.3Wo45.0-44.1; submitted by P. Sipiera

Institutions
and collections

FMNH: Department of Geology The Field Museum of Natural History 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Nov 2011)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(85° 41' 3"S, 68° 48' 25"W)

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

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