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Elephant Moraine 96109
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 96109
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96109
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 0.9 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(2)  (1998)  LL3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  LL3.4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.4
Recommended:  LL3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No.:

EET96109

Location:

Elephant Moraine

Dimensions (cm):

1.0x1.0x0.5

Weight (g):

0.93

Meteorite Type:

LL3 Chondrite (estimated <L3.4)


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Most of the fusion crust on this meteorite has weathered away. The little that remains is thin, rough, black patches with iridescent oxidation halos. The interior is a dark matrix with numerous, multicolored chondrules, gray, white, tan and yellow, some are larger than 1 mm. There are metal grains present and minor rust.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
EET96109 - Cross-Polarized Light The section exhibits numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.6 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Glass is present within chondrules, but rare. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is extremely abundant. Silicates are quite unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa0-19 and pyroxenes from Fs3-26. The meteorite is probably an LL3 chondrite and may be of relatively low subtype (<3.4).

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 40:
Origin or pseudonym:Meteorite City
Mass (g):0.9
Class:LL3.4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):0-19
Ferrosilite (mol%):3-26
Comments:96109 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(2) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA   
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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