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Pecora Escarpment 01022

Basic information

Name: Pecora Escarpment 01022
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 01022
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass: 20.7 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 100	(2012)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6. [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 1762:

Origin or pseudonym:	Pecora Escarpment
Date:	2002 Jan 18
Latitude:	85°40.530'S
Longitude:	68°36.110'W
Mass (g):	20.7
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	18.4-19.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):	15.9-16.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	0.3-1.0
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Type spec location:	FMNH
Main mass:	FMNH
Finder:	E. Tilenius
Comments:	Rare relict chondrules; cpx Fs6.5Wo46.1; Fs8.2Wo39.1; 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° 40' 32"S, 68° 36' 7"W)

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

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