Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for MacAlpine Hills 02528

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MacAlpine Hills 02528

Basic information

Name: MacAlpine Hills 02528
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: MAC 02528
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 5.6 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 27(3)	(2004)	CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	CV3
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CV3
Recommended:			CV3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Field number: 14280

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 27(3):

Sample No.:	MAC 02528
Location:	MacAlpine Hills
Field No.:	14280
Dimensions (cm):	2.0x1.5x1.25
Weight (g):	5.607
Meteorite Type:	CV3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Brown/black fusion crust covers the surface of this meteorite. The interior matrix is gray with low metal and light gray clasts.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa_0-3 and pyroxenes from Fs_0-3. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3.


MAC 02528 Cross-Polarized Light	MAC 02528 Plane-Polarized Light	MAC 02528 Reflected Light

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 320:

Origin or pseudonym:	Bottom Lip
Mass (g):	5.61
Class:	CV3
Weathering grade:	A/B
Fayalite (mol%):	0-3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	0-3

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(3) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(84° 19' 0"S, 159° 48' 7"E)

Note: the MetBase and recommended coordinates are 13.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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