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Queen Alexandra Range 93006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Queen Alexandra Range 93006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 93006 Observed fall: No Year found: 1993 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 544 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Field number: 5979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from AMN 17(3):
Sample No.: QUE93004; 93006
Location: Queen Alexandra Range Dimensions (cm): 2.0 x 1.5 x 1; 1.9 x 1.4 x 0.9 Weight (g): 3.5; 2.7 Meteorite Type: C2 chondrite Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow Dark black fusion crust almost completely covers QUE93006 but appears as one small patch on 93004. The exterior color of 93004 is greenish-gray. Evaporite deposit is present on 93006. Numerous submillimeter-sized white inclusions were noted in both of these fragments but the matrix of 93004 is black while the matrix of 93006 is dark gray. Both specimens are friable.
Thin Section (QUE93004,3; 93006,2) Description: Brian Mason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB79 Table 2 Line 572: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(3) (1994), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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