Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 97462

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Queen Alexandra Range 97462

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97462
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 97462
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1997
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 12.3 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	EL6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 23(1)	(2000)	EL6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	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

Comments:

Field number: 11170

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 23(1):

Sample No.:	QUE 97462
Location:	Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):	2.8x2.1x0.9
Weight (g):	12.282
Meteorite Type:	EL6 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
85% of this meteorite’s exterior is covered by pitted black fusion crust that is frothy on one surface. The interior is a dark gray matrix with oxidation heavy on one end. The matrix is fine grained with small white/gray inclusions and abundant metal.

Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy
The meteorite consist primarily of prismatic to granular enstatite (Fs_0-1), with rare relict chondrules, abundant Si-bearing metal (~0.7 wt.% Si) and troilite. It is quite fresh, although brown, limonitic staining is found along cracks. The meteorite is an EL6 chondrite.

Data from:
  MB84
  Table A1
  Line 497:

Origin or pseudonym:	Mare Meteoriticus
Mass (g):	12.3
Class:	EL6
Weathering grade:	BE
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0-1

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 23(1) (2000), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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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:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 32' 59"S, 162° 19' 55"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 88 km apart

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

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