Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 93150

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Queen Alexandra Range 93150

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93150
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 93150
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.59 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 18(1)	(1995)	Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	Mesosiderite
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	Mesosiderite
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	Mesosiderite
Recommended:			Mesosiderite [explanation]

This is 1 of 205 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite. [show all]
Search for other: Mesosiderites, Metal-rich meteorites

Comments:

Field number: 5941
Revised 28 Oct 2019: Corrected mass, per JSC

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 716:

Origin or pseudonym:	Footrot Flats
Mass (g):	0.6
Class:	Meso
Weathering grade:	B
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22-50
Comments:	86900 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 18(1) (1995), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 34' 33"S, 162° 33' 59"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 88.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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