Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Elephant Moraine 90007

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Elephant Moraine 90007

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 90007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 90007
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 131 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 14(2)	(1991)	C4
	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	CK5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CK5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CK5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CK5
Recommended:			CK5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 207 approved meteorites classified as CK5. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 14(2):

See EET 90004

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2040:

Origin or pseudonym:	Texas Bowl
Mass (g):	131
Class:	CK5
Weathering grade:	A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):	29
Comments:	NTL=2±1.5; 87507 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 14(2) (1991), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 17' 11"S, 156° 22' 15"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 24.1 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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