Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97958 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 97958 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 1.8 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
30% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite has black vesicular fusion crust. The interior has a black matrix with gray crystalline inclusions up to 1 mm in size.
Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy
The sections consist of a few small chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-48, with many Fa0-2. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.