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Elephant Moraine 87501

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 87501
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 87501
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 4.4 kg

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 11(2)	(1988)	Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	Mesosiderite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Mesosiderite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

This is 1 of 244 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 11(2):

See EET 87500

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1675:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):	4403
Class:	Meso
Weathering grade:	B/C
Ferrosilite (mol%):	30-31
Comments:	NTL=0.21±0.04; 87500 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 11(2) (1988), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Photos:

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MeteoriteCollector.org - USNM - Smithsonian

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 2' 36"S, 156° 5' 13"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 32.9 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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