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| Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine A79002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EETA79002 This meteorite may also be called Elephant Moraine 79002 (EET 79002) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 or 1980 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  2.84 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 518 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 3(3):
This text was reprinted from AMN 3(3) in AMN 4(1). In some cases, it may be an updated version from the original. Sample No.: EETA79002 Location: Elephant Moraine Field No.: 1206 Weight (gms): 2843.0 Meteorite Type: Diogenite
Physical Description: Roberta Score This rounded meteorite has dull black fusion crust on all surfaces except for one which is a fracture surface. Fusion crust has been plucked away in places revealing a medium-gray colored matrix with many light to cream colored clasts (~.5 cm diameter). Several areas have been heavily oxidized giving these parts a red-brown color. Many fractures penetrate this meteorite. Chipping this sample revealed an extensive orange-brown weathering rind as wide as 1 cm. The interior matrix is blue-gray in color with many small (<1 mm) clasts. Two white clasts 0.5 cm diameter were exposed. No metal was obvious. Dimensions: 15 x 13.5 x 10 cm.
Petrographic Description: Arch Reid The one thin section cut from the meteorite is a breccia with a very cohesive fine grained matrix. Clasts are monomineralic, angular and range up to 2 mm. one angular lithic clast is polymineralic but extremely fine grained. The vast majority of the mineral fragments are low calcium pyroxenes of near constant composition, Wo2En76Fs22. The only other silicate phase identified was olivine, Fo75-76. Small areas within the breccia are rich in very fine opaque minerals. The meteorite is a diogenite but is texturally distinct from the common diogenites. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 1439: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 3(3) (1980), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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