Name: Elephant Moraine 16168 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 16168 Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 2.72 g
Possible fusion crust covers about 40% of the exterior. It is dark brown with orange rust and shiny varnish all over. Exposed interior is heavily rusted to a dark orange-brown with some round inclusion visible. Fresh interior is dark matrix that is heavily rusted to and orange-brown color with large metal inclusions throughout.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section consists of an equigranular aggregate of olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, and metal with minor sulfide and chromite. Average grain size is 0.3 mm with some grains up to 1 mm. The section is modestly weathered. Olivine (Fa7) and pyroxene (Fs8) are homogenous. Three calcic pyroxene grains were analyzed (Fs3). The meteorite is an acapulcoite.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample EET 16168
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Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample EET 16168
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Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0:
Date:
2016
Latitude:
-76.2528
Longitude:
156.364
Mass (g):
2.72
Pieces:
1
Class:
Acapulcoite
Weathering grade:
B/C
Fayalite (mol%):
7
Ferrosilite (mol%):
3-8
Magnetic suscept.:
5.17
Classifier:
SI
Type spec mass (g):
2.72
Type spec location:
JSC
Main mass:
JSC
Finder:
ANSMET
Comments:
Submitted by AMN
Institutions and collections
JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022) SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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