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Elephant Moraine 92026
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 92026
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 92026
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 17 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 17(1)  (1994)  Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 79  (1996)  Eucrite-br
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite-br
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-br    [explanation]

This is 1 of 218 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
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Writeup from AMN 17(1):
Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 226:
Origin or pseudonym:Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):17
Class:Eu "br"
Weathering grade:A/B
Ferrosilite (mol%):42-55
Comments:92025 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(1) (1994), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 3' 8"S, 156° 15' 43"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 28.3 km apart

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     This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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