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Elephant Moraine 14077

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 14077
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 14077
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2015
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 21.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	H4
Recommended:			H4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [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
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Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Date:	2015 Jan 24
Latitude:	76°12.987'S
Longitude:	156°37.538'E
Mass (g):	21.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W1
Fayalite (mol%):	20.8±0.9 (n=10)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.2±0.3 (n=10)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.2±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:	5.10
Classifier:	A.Belluzzo and L. Folco (DST and UniPi)
Type spec mass (g):	21.1
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	MNA-SI
Finder:	Maurizio Gemelli
Comments:	Monomict breccia; submitted by L. Folco (DST UniPi)

Institutions
and collections

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° 12' 59"S, 156° 37' 32"E)

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

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