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Elephant Moraine 96328

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 96328
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96328
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 7.1 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(2)	(1998)	Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	Ureilite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Ureilite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
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Writeup

Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No .:	EET96322; EET96328
Location:	Elephant Moraine
Dimensions (cm):	3.0x2.5x1.5; 2.5x1.5x1.0
Weight (g):	17.10; 7.11
Meteorite Type:	Ureilites

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior has very small patches of rough vesicular black fusion crust. The interior is medium gray matrix containing dark gray to black inclusions with some minor rust and a sugary texture.

Thin Section (EET96322,2; 96328,2) Description: Tim McCoy


EET96322	EET96328

The sections consist of an aggregate of olivine (up to 1.5 mm) and orthopyroxene (up to 2.5 mm) grains. Carbonaceous material and traces of Fe, Ni metal bound the olivine grains. The meteorite is only very lightly weathered. Undulatory extinction is common. Olivine has cores of Fa₁₅ with rims reduced to Fa_12.Pyroxene is Fs₁₃Wo_3.The meteorites are ureilites.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 255:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Mass (g):	7.1
Class:	Ur
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	12-15
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13
Comments:	96322 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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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

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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