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Elephant Moraine 96141
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 96141
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96141
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 13.9 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(2)  (1998)  LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  LL4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 394 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 70:
Origin or pseudonym:Meteorite City
Mass (g):13.9
Class:LL4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):29
Ferrosilite (mol%):10-24
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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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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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