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Elephant Moraine 92003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 92003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 92003 Observed fall: No Year found: 1992 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 224 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from AMN 16(2):
Sample No.: EET92003 Location: Elephant Moraine Dimensions (cm): 5.8 x 3.6 x 2.4 Weight (g): 66.4 Meteorite Type: Monomict Eucrite
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite Two exterior surfaces of this achondrite are covered by shiny, black fusion crust. Areas devoid of fusion crust are cream-colored and have a rough texture. Evaporate deposit is present. The interior matrix is light to medium gray. Inclusions, as large as 1 cm, are present.
Thin Section L7) Descrintion: Brian Mason The section shows a fine-grained (average grain size 0.1 mm) aggregate of pyroxene and plagioclase with a brecciated structure, and a few coarser-grained clasts. The pyroxene is fairly uniform in composition, clustering around Wo13Fs49; plagioclase composition is An86-91. Tridymite is present in small amounts. The meteorite is a monomict eucrite.
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Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 2845: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(2) (1993), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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