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Meteorite Hills 00951

Basic information

Name: Meteorite Hills 00951
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 00951
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 25 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 26(2)	(2003)	EL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	EL6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	EL6
Recommended:			EL6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites classified as EL6. [show all]
Search for other: EL chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 4-7), and Enstatite-rich meteorites

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 26(2):

Sample No.:	MET 00951
Location:	Meteorite Hills
Field No.:	13794
Dimensions (cm):	4.0x3.0x1.5
Weight (g):	25.030
Meteorite Type:	EL6 Chondrite

MET00951

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior surface has brown/black fusion crust with oxidation halos. The rust and black colored crystalline interior is fine grained with a high metal content.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Linda Welzenbach, Tim McCoy
The section shows an equigranular aggregate of enstatite, with abundant metal and sulfide. Weathering is moderate, with alteration along fractures. Microprobe analyses reveal pyroxene compositions of Fs_0-1 and metal contains 1.2 wt.% Si. The section exhibits extensive evidence of post-formation heating, probably due to shock. Quenched metal-sulfide intergrowths are common and sulfides grade from, e.g., FeS to MnS in a complete range at their mutual boundary. The meteorite is an EL6 chondrite.


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Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 206:

Mass (g):	25.03
Class:	EL6
Weathering grade:	C
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0-1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 26(2) (2003), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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