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Elephant Moraine 92008

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 92008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 92008
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 1.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	C2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	C2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 544 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 17(1):

See EET 92005

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 208:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):	1.5
Class:	C2
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	1-7
Comments:	92005 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(1) (1994), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 2' 30"S, 156° 16' 19"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 28.7 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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