Name: Elephant Moraine 96002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 96002 Observed fall: No Year found: 1996 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 10.1 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride The exterior of this meteorite has brown, bubbly fusion crust. Patches of black, glassy material are visible in certain areas on the fusion crust. The interior is a fine grained, tan matrix with numerous inclusions. These include one perfectly round, black glass bead, numerous green crystalline fragments, some as large as 5 mm across, basalt fragments and light gray and white fragments. Clear crystals and reddish mineral grains are found near the fusion crust. This meteorite was brecciated and very friable.
Thin Section (,4) Description: Brian Mason The section shows a microbreccia of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (grains up to 0.3 mm) with a few larger plagioclase clasts (up to 2.4 mm). Microprobe analyses show that most of the pyroxene is hypersthene (compositions clustered around Wo3Fs26) with some pigeonite (Wo5-14Fs35-52). Plagioclase composition is An91-95. The meteorite is a howardite.