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Elephant Moraine 87847

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 87847
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 87847
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 32.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 12(3)	(1989)	C2
	AMN 13(1)	(1990)	CR2
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	CR2
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	CR2
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	CR2
Recommended:			CR2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 187 approved meteorites classified as CR2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and CR chondrites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 12(3):

See EET 87711

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2020:

Origin or pseudonym:	Northern Ice Patch
Mass (g):	32.9
Class:	CR2
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	0.5-4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1-3
Comments:	87711 pairing group

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 12(3) (1989), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 2' 44"S, 156° 4' 38"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 33 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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