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| Basic information | Name: Elephant Moraine 87530 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: EET 87530 Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 449 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 11(2):
Sample No.: EET87530 Location: Elephant Moraine Weight (g): 5.0 Field No.: 4572 Dimensions (cm): 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 Meteorite Type: Diogenite
Macroscopic Description: Roberta Score Thin patches of fusion crust are scattered evenly over the exterior surfaces of this diogenite, covering about 50% of the specimen. Areas devoid of fusion crust are white, crystalline pyroxene with some green grains up to 1.5 mm in size. Oxidation is heavy in some areas.
Thin Section (,5) Description: Brian Mason The section shows numerous pyroxene clasts, up to 6 mm across, in a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene; chromite is present in accessory amount. Minor weathering is indicated by small areas of brown limonitic staining. The pyroxene is very uniform in composition, Wo3Fs26. The meteorite is a diogenite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 1703: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 11(2) (1988), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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