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| Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 90029 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 90029 Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  7.9 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 127 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-unbr. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 14(2):
Sample No.: EET90029 Location: Elephant Moraine Field Number: 7298 Dimensions (cm): 2 x 2 x 1.5 Weight (g): 7.9 Meteorite Type: Eucrite
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite Sixty percent of this meteorite is covered with black fusion crust. Areas devoid of fusion crust are medium to dark gray and contain some oxidation. The interior is light gray with small black grains (1 mm). Black glassy veins were noted.
Thin Section (,3) Description: Brian Mason The section consists largely of pyroxene, with some plagioclase and a little opaque material. The pyroxene is very fine-grained (average grain size 0.01 - 0.02 mm); the plagioclase is present as laths up to 0.2 mm long. Pyroxene compositions range from Wo4Fs57 to Wo12Fs50, with one grain Wo40Fs27; plagioclase composition is An88-93. The meteorite is a eucrite.
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| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 2062: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 14(2) (1991), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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