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Pecora Escarpment 01032
Basic information Name: Pecora Escarpment 01032
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: PCA 01032
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Planetary Studies Foundation (US)]
Mass:help 130.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 100  (2012)  L5
Recommended:  L5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 9 Dec 2011
Data from:
  MB100
  Table 1
  Line 1771:
Origin or pseudonym:Pecora Escarpment
Date:2002 Jan 20
Latitude:85°39.333'S
Longitude:68°39.383'W
Mass (g):130.1
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):23.5-23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.8-20.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.3±0.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):130.1
Type spec location:FMNH
Main mass:FMNH
Finder:A. Mortvedt
Comments:Sparse chondrules; cpx Fs7.6±0.0Wo44.4-45.1; 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° 39' 20"S, 68° 39' 23"W)

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     This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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