Name: Elephant Moraine 96006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 96006 Observed fall: No Year found: 1996 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 42.2 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride These carbonaceous chondrites a have black, rough fusion crust with a dull luster. The surface is pitted and bubbles are present on some of the exterior. The interior is a dull black color with some gray, splotchy inclusions and minor rust. Most of the inclusions are <1 mm in size.
The sections are so similar that a single description will suffice; the meteorites are probably paired. The sections show a few small chondrules (up to 0.6 mm) and numerous mineral grains in a black matrix; trace amounts of nickel-iron and sulfide are present as small scattered grains. Microprobe analyses show most of the olivine grains near Mg2 SiO4 but with a few iron-rich grains; pyroxene compositions are Fs1-4. The matrix consists mainly of iron-rich serpentine. The meteorites are C2 chondrites.
42.2 g
