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| Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 90066 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 90066 Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  9.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites classified as L3.3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 15(2):
Sample No.: EET90066 Location: Elephant Moraine Field Number: 6926 Dimensions (cm): 2.1 x 1.5 x 1.2 Weight (g): 9.8 Meteorite Type: L3 chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite Most of the exterior is covered with fusion crust containing several oxidation haloes. Abundant inclusions/chondrules are present in the dark brown to black matrix. Areas of heavy oxidation exist.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason The section shows a close-packed aggregate of chondrules and chondrule fragments, up to 2.4 mm across, in a black matrix which contains a small amount of nickel-iron and troilite. A variety of chondrule types is present, mainly granular and porphyritic olivine and olivine-pyroxene with some radiating and cryptocrystalline pyroxene. Microprobe analyses show olivine and pyroxene of variable composition: olivine, Fa 1-28 , mean Fa10 (CV FeO is 76); pyroxene, Fs3-18. The meteorite is classified as an L3 chondrite (estimated L3.3).
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(2) (1992), 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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