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Meteorite Hills 00432

Basic information

Name: Meteorite Hills 00432
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 00432
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 38.9 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CM2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 24(2)	(2001)	CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 86	(2002)	CM2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 540 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 24(2):

Sample No.:	MET 00432
Location:	Meteorite Hills
Field No.:	13407
Dimensions (cm):	4.5x3.5x3.0
Weight (g):	38.900
Meteorite Type:	CM2 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This irregularly shaped meteorite has a black exterior that is friable and crumbles easily. The black, chalk-like interior has small (< 1 mm) white chondrules.

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


Plane-Polarized Light	Cross-Polarized Light

The sections consist of a few small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a matrix of Fe-rich serpentine. Matrix, whole chondrules and chondrule mesostasis have been aqueously altered, similar in degree to Nogoya. Olivine is Fa_0-1. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.

Data from:
  MB86
  Table A1
  Line 34:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Vee
Mass (g):	38.9
Class:	CM2
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	0-1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 24(2) (2001), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)

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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, 155° 45'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40129 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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