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Elephant Moraine 92063
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 92063
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 92063
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 74.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 17(1)  (1994)  E6
AMN 19(1)  (1996)  EL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  EL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  EL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EL6
Recommended:  EL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites classified as EL6.   [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 19(1):

Sample No.: EET92063

Location: Elephant Moraine

Dimensions (cm): 4.6 x 3.6 x 2.0

Weight (g): 74.6

Meteorite Type: E6 chondrite

 

Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow

EET92063 has dull, dark brown fusion crust that covers over 90% of its exterior. The interior matrix is a deep red-brown color and coarse-grained. Heavy oxidation has masked any features that might be present.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Masort

Only vague traces of chondritic structure are visible in the thin section which shows the meteorite to consist largely of granular to prismatic enstatite (grain size 0.1-0.2 mm), a considerable amount of nickel-iron (~20%) and minor amounts of sulfides. Remnants of fusion crust rim the section. Considerable weathering is indicated by brown limonitic staining throughout the section. The enstatite is almost pure MgSiO3 (CaO 0.7%; FeO 0.2-0.4%); the metal contains 1.2% Si. The meteorite is an E6 chondrite.

 

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 263:
Origin or pseudonym:Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):74.6
Class:EL6
Weathering grade:C
Ferrosilite (mol%):0.2-0.4
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19(1) (1996), 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° 1' 50"S, 155° 47' 35"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 40.6 km apart

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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