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Elephant Moraine 13002
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 13002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 13002
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)]
Mass:help 12.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 105  (2016)  CK5
Recommended:  CK5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 224 approved meteorites classified as CK5.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 23 Jul 2016
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Writeup from MB 105:

Elephant Moraine 13002 (EET 13002)        76°17.057’S, 156°27.242’E

Antarctica

Find: 2014 Jan 09

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

Physical characteristics:

Petrography: This meteorite consists of silicates (olivine and minor pyroxene and plagioclase) and opaque minerals (mainly magnetite). A few chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) are present.

Geochemistry: Olivine is Fa30.3±0.2; low-Ca pyroxene is Fs28.1±2.4Wo0.9±0.3; plagioclase composition is variable, An21-54.

Data from:
  MB105
  Table 0
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Date:2014 Jan 09
Latitude:76°17.057'S
Longitude:156°27.242'E
Mass (g):12.8
Pieces:1
Class:CK5
Fayalite (mol%):30.3±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):28.1±2.4
Wollastonite (mol%):0.9±0.3
Classifier:C. Park and J. I. Lee, KOPRI
Type spec mass (g):12.8
Type spec location:KOPRI
Main mass:KOPRI
Finder:H. Yoo
Comments:abundant magnetite; submitted by C. Park, KOPRI
Institutions
   and collections		 KOPRI: Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, 406-840, South Korea; Website (institutional address; updated 20 Dec 2014)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (76° 17' 3"S, 156° 27' 15"E)

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     This is 1 of 45260 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3472 unapproved names)
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