Name: Queen Alexandra Range 99752 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 99752 Observed fall: No Year found: 1999 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 1.38 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
90% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite is covered with a dull, brown/black fusion crust with oxidation haloes. The interior is a soft, black matrix with rusty areas.
Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy
Plane-Polarized Light
Cross-Polarized Light
The sections consist of a few small, unaltered chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix. Olivine compositions are Fa0-23; orthopyroxene is Fs2-10. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.