Sample No.: EET90234; 90247; 90428

Location: Elephant Moraine

Field Number: 7320; 7334;.7287

Dimensions (cm): 2.3 x 2.1 x 1.1; 4 x 2.5 x 2.5; 2.0 x 1.7 x 0.7

Weight (g): 8.5; 37.1; 7.3

Meteorite Type: C4 chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow

Fractured, dull, black fusion crust covers up to 50% of each of these carbonaceous chondrite fragments. Areas devoid of fusion crust are greenish gray in color. EET90234 and 90248 are more weathered than 90247. 90234 and 90248 have a dark gray interior and contain evaporite deposit. 90247 is light gray, has a thin weathering rind and several millimeter-sized dark gray inclusions.

Thin Section (EET90234,5) Description; Brian Mason

A few well-defined chondrules, up to 1.2 mm across, are present, but most of the section consists of anhedral olivine grains, 0.05-0.1 mm across, with minor plagioclase and opaques. The opaques consist largely of magnetite and pentlandite; nickel-iron is absent. Microprobe analyses show olivine of uniform composition, Fa28; one grain of diopside, Wo46 Fs7, and one grain of plagioclase, An49, were analyzed. The meteorite is classified as a C4 chondrite, and probably belongs to the EET87507 pairing group. EET90247,3 and EET90428,2 are similar in all respects.