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Elephant Moraine 14013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 14013 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 14013 Observed fall: No Year found: 2014 Country: Antarctica [Collected by Korean Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 626 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 26 May 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 107:
Elephant Moraine 14013 (EET 14013) 76°17.195’S, 156°27.181’E Antarctica Find: 2014 Nov 21 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) Petrography: The section consists of a few small chondrules (~22 vol %, <~100 μm to ~2 mm in diameter), CAIs (~2 vol%), and matrix (~76 vol%) with carbonate, sulfides, and phyllosilicates. Fe-Ni metal is very rare (<0.1 vol%). The chondrules have experience varying ° of aqueous alteration. The matrix occurs as fine-grained rims surrounding chondrules. Geochemistry: Olivine is Fa0.3-65.7; low-Ca pyroxene is Fs1.1-4.5Wo0.7-4.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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