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Elephant Moraine 14075
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 14075
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 14075
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 119.2 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  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 11 Jun 2019
Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
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Origin or pseudonym:Meteorite City
Date:2015 Jan 24
Latitude:76°13.232'S
Longitude:156°37.445'E
Mass (g):119.2
Pieces:1
Class:L5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):21.9 ± 1.8 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.0 ± 1.2 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5±0.8
Magnetic suscept.:4.99
Classifier:A.Belluzzo and L. Folco (DST and UniPi)
Type spec mass (g):119.2
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:Jacopo Nava
Comments:Submitted by L. Folco (DST UniPi)
Institutions
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MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (76° 13' 14"S, 156° 37' 27"E)

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