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Meteorite Hills 01195

Basic information

Name: Meteorite Hills 01195
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MET 01195
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 98.7 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 26(2)	(2003)	Acapulcoite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 88	(2004)	Acapulcoite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Acapulcoite
Recommended:			Acapulcoite [explanation]

This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite. [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Acapulcoites, and Primitive achondrites

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 26(2):

Sample No.:	MET 01195; MET 01198; MET 01244
Location:	Meteorite Hills
Field No.:	13884; 13820; 13050
Dimensions (cm):	4.0x3.5x3.0 5.0x4.0x2.5 5.0x3.5x3.0
Weight (g):	98.725; 98.489; 76.490
Meteorite Type:	Acapulcoite

MET01195 and MET01198

MET01244

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exteriors of these meteorites are covered with brown/black fusion crust with oxidation haloes. The interiors are a fine-grained, rusty, crystalline material with some metal.

Thin Sections (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach
The meteorites are so similar that a single description suffices. The sections consist of an equigranular aggregate with grains up to 0.5 mm. Minerals include olivine (Fa_8-9), orthopyroxene (Fs₉), chromian diopside (Fs_3-4Wo_44-45), phosphates, metal and troilite. Metal and sulfide occur as large grains, veinlets and metal-sulfide blebs within orthopyroxene. Weathering is moderate, with extensive staining. The meteorites are acapulcoites.


MET 01195 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01195 Cross-Polarized Light	MET 01195 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01195 Cross-Polarized Light


MET 01198 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01198 Cross-Polarized Light	MET 01198 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01198 Cross-Polarized Light


MET 01244 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01244 Cross-Polarized Light	MET 01244 Plane-Polarized Light	MET 01244 Cross-Polarized Light

Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 427:

Mass (g):	98.725
Class:	Acap
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	9
Ferrosilite (mol%):	8-9

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 26(2) (2003), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)

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Photos:

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Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(79° 41'S, 159° 45'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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