Name: Mount Prestrud 17275 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: PRE 17275 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 197.5 g
45% of exterior is covered with possible fusion crust that looks like brown varnish with orange rust spots, fractures and some pitting. Exposed surfaces are coated with a splotchy red-orange varnish that is pitted. Fresh interior is made up of areas of differing matrix colors, very dark brown, black and dark orange with metal inclusions throughout.
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy
The section exhibits a few poorly defined chondrules (up to 1 mm) in a matrix of coarse metal and sulfide. Olivine is Fa16 and pyroxenes are Fs14. The meteorite is moderately weathered. The meteorite is a low FeO chondrite of type 6 (Russell et al. MAPS 1998). The meteorite is similar in mineral composition to Willaroy and Suwahib (Buwah) and may be represent either the tail end of the H chondrites or a lower FeO parent body.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample PRE 17275
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Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample PRE 17275
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Bibliography:
Russell S.S., McCoy T.J., Jarosewich E., and Ash R.D. (1998) The Burnwell, Kentucky, low iron oxide chondrite fall: Description, classification and origin. Meteorit. Planet. Sci.33, 853-856. (link)
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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