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Elephant Moraine 14076
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 14076
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 14076
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 16.7 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 108  (2020)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H 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°13.123'S
Longitude:156°37.523'E
Mass (g):16.7
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):19.8±1.0 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.8±0.1 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.5
Magnetic suscept.:5.12
Classifier:A.Belluzzo and L. Folco (DST and UniPi)
Type spec mass (g):16.7
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:Maurizio Gemelli
Comments:Monomict breccia; 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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Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (76° 13' 7"S, 156° 37' 31"E)

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     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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