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Elephant Moraine 14031
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 14031
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 14031
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)]
Mass:help 75.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 107  (2018)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Apr 2018
Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:Elephant Moraine
Date:2014 Nov 21
Latitude:76°16.968'S
Longitude:156°30.985'E
Mass (g):75.6
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):25.0±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.0±0.1
Wollastonite (mol%):1.7±0.3
Classifier:C. Park, S. Y. Park, and H. Kim
Type spec mass (g):75.6
Type spec location:KOPRI
Main mass:KOPRI
Finder:J. I. Lee
Comments:Submitted by C. Park, KOPRI
Institutions
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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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (76° 16' 58"S, 156° 30' 59"E)

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