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Elephant Moraine 96259
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 96259
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96259
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 12.1 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(2)  (1998)  CR2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  CR2
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CR2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CR2
Recommended:  CR2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 185 approved meteorites classified as CR2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites
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Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No.:

EET96259

Location:

Elephant Moraine

Dimensions (cm):

3.0x1.5x1.5

Weight (g):

12.12

Meteorite Type:

CR2 Chondrite
EET96259 Thumbnail

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this meteorite has a dull black fusion crust with iridescent oxidation halos covering about 70% of its surface area. It is heavily fractured and is friable. The interior consists of dull, black matrix with numerous dark inclusions and yellow, cream and white chondrules, some up to 2 mm in diameter. The meteorite is weathered in some areas.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
EET96259 - Cross-Polarized Light The section exhibits large well-defined chondrules (up to 2 mm) and metal in a dark matrix. Clasts of C1-like material are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is abundant. Weathering is pervasive, with alteration of metal and extensive staining of silicates. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa0-4 and pyroxenes from Fs1-4. The meteorite is probably a CR2 chondrite.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 187:
Origin or pseudonym:Meteorite City
Mass (g):12.1
Class:CR2
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):0-4
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-4
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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 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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