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Queen Alexandra Range 97088
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97088
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 97088
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 63.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 22(1)  (1999)  LL4
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 83  (1999)  LL4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL4
Recommended:  LL4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 373 approved meteorites classified as LL4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Field number: 9498
Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 402:
Origin or pseudonym:Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):63.3
Class:LL4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):32
Ferrosilite (mol%):13-27
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 22(1) (1999), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (84°S, 168°E)
     Recommended::   (84° 33' 51"S, 162° 14' 56"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 89.7 km apart

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     This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)
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