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Elephant Moraine 92026

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 92026
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 92026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 17 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 17(1)	(1994)	Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	Eucrite-br
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-br
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:			Eucrite-br [explanation]

This is 1 of 237 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 17(1):

See EET 92025

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 226:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):	17
Class:	Eu "br"
Weathering grade:	A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	42-55
Comments:	92025 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° 3' 8"S, 156° 15' 43"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 28.3 km apart

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This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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