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Elephant Moraine 16047
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 16047
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 16047
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 46.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 40(2)  (2017)  Iron, IAB complex
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  Iron, IAB complex
Recommended:  Iron, IAB complex    [explanation]

This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex.   [show all]
Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites
Comments: Approved 12 Sep 2017
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Writeup from AMN 40(2):
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Date:2016
Mass (g):46.3
Pieces:1
Class:Iron, IAB complex
Fayalite (mol%):3-4
Ferrosilite (mol%):5-7
Classifier:SI
Type spec mass (g):46.3
Type spec location:JSC
Main mass:JSC
Finder:ANSMET
Comments:Submitted by AMN
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JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 40(2) (2017), JSC, Houston
Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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