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Meteorite Hills 01183
Basic information Name: Meteorite Hills 01183
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 01183
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 1.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(1)  (2004)  EH3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  EH3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EH3
Recommended:  EH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 140 approved meteorites classified as EH3.   [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
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Writeup from AMN 27(1):
Sample No.: MET 01183
Location: Meteorite Hills
Field No.: 13054
Dimensions (cm):   1.2x0.8x0.3
Weight (g): 1.40
Meteorite Type: EH3 Chondrite
    MET01183

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
80% of the exterior has brown fusion crust with oxidation. Interior is dark gray to black with metal and oxidation visible.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Linda Welzenbach, Tim McCoy
The section shows an aggregate of small chondrules (up to 1 mm), abundant chondrule fragments, and pyroxene grains in a matrix of about 30% metal and sulfide. Several chondrules contain olivine. Weathering is moderate, with staining of enstatite grains and heavy alteration of metal and sulfides. Microprobe analyses show the olivine is Fa1 , orthopyroxene is Fs1-2 and metal contains 3.1 wt.% Si. The meteorite is an EH3 chondrite.


MET 01183 - Cross-Polarized Light MET 01183 - Plane-Polarized Light MET 01183 - Reflected Light
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Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 415:
Mass (g):1.4
Class:EH3
Weathering grade:B/C
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-2
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(1) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)

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