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Scott Glacier 06043

Basic information

Name: Scott Glacier 06043
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: SCO 06043
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 27.6 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 31(1)	(2008)	CM1
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 94	(2008)	CM1
Recommended:			CM1 [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CM1. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 1), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 17 Feb 2008

Writeup

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Writeup from AMN 31(1):

Sample No.:	SCO 06043
Location:	Scott Glacier
Field No.:	17744
Dimensions (cm):	5.0 x 2.75 x 1.75
Weight (g):	27.559
Meteorite Type:	CM1 Chondrite
Pairing:

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Exterior has 10% purple-black fusion crust with bubbles. The interior is a black matrix with a “shale-like” fracture pattern with evaporites and oxidation rind.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach and Cari Corrigan
The section consists of abundant small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm) that have been completely replaced by phyllosilicate set in an Fe-rich serpentine matrix. A marked linear fabric is apparent in the section. No isolated mineral grains or CAIs are apparent; sulfide grains and carbonates are present. Unaltered olivine or pyroxene grains of sufficient size for microprobe analyses were not found. The meteorite is a highly altered CM1 chondrite.

Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized Light SCO 06043	Plane-Polarized Light SCO 06043	Reflective Light SCO 06043	Cross-Polarized Light SCO 06043

Lab Images

North View SCO 06043

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 4
  Line 804:

Mass (g):	27.6
Class:	CM1
Weathering grade:	B/CE

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 31(1) (2008), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Antarctica

Coordinates:

Unknown.

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

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