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Graves Nunataks 98039

Basic information

Name: Graves Nunataks 98039
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: GRA 98039
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 72.8 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Eucrite-br
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 23(1)	(2000)	Eucrite-br
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	Eucrite-br
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite-br [explanation]

This is 1 of 220 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 23(1):

See GRA98019

Data from:
  MB84
  Table A1
  Line 40:

Origin or pseudonym:	Lower Central
Mass (g):	72.8
Class:	Eu "Br"
Weathering grade:	C
Ferrosilite (mol%):	64
Comments:	98019 pairing group

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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
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)
Recommended::	(86° 43'S, 141° 30'W)

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

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