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Elephant Moraine 90161

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 90161
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 90161
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 9.7 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 15(2)	(1992)	L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	L3.4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.4
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	L3.0
Recommended:			L3.05 [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as L3.05. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Revised 1 Sep 2007: Reclassified by Grossman and Brearley (2005)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 15(2):

See EET 90080

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2193:

Origin or pseudonym:	Texas Bowl
Mass (g):	9.7
Class:	L3.4
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-18
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-10
Comments:	90080 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(2) (1992), 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° 16' 57"S, 156° 31' 0"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 20.5 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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