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Meteorite Hills 01083

Basic information

Name: Meteorite Hills 01083
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 01083
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 12.6 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Ureilite
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 25(2)	(2002)	Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 87	(2003)	Ureilite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Ureilite
Recommended:			Ureilite [explanation]

This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 25(2):

Sample No.:	MET 01083
Location:	Meteorite Hills
Field No.:	13958
Dimensions (cm):	2.0x2.0x1.5
Weight (g):	12.616
Meteorite Type:	Ureilite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
70% of the exterior surface is covered with black, shiny fusion crust. The interior has a crystalline matrix that is dark in color with some rusty haloes. Some slightly lighter inclusions are visible.

Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy, Gretchen Benedix, and Linda Welzenbach


Plane-Polarized Light	Cross-Polarized Light

The section consists of an aggregate of olivine and pyroxene grains up to 1 mm across rimmed by carbon-rich material containing traces of metal. The olivines exhibit undulatory extinction. The olivine cores and rims are equilibrated (Fa₈). Pyroxenes are pigeonite (Fs₈Wo₅) and subcalcic augite grains (Fs₅Wo₃₇). The meteorite is a ureilite.

Data from:
  MB87
  Table A1
  Line 160:

Mass (g):	12.62
Class:	Ure
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(2) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(79° 41'S, 155° 45'E)
Recommended::	(79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 80 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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