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Queen Alexandra Range 99438
Basic information Name: Queen Alexandra Range 99438
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 99438
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 5.1 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  EH3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 25(1)  (2002)  EH3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  EH3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  EH3
Recommended:  EH3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 140 approved meteorites classified as EH3.   [show all]
Search for other: EH chondrites, Enstatite chondrites, Enstatite chondrites (type 3), and Enstatite-rich meteorites
Comments: Field number: 12505
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Writeup from AMN 25(1):
Sample No.: QUE 99438
Location: Queen Alexandra Range
Field No.: 12505
Dimensions (cm):   2.2x1.1x1.1
Weight (g): 5.13
Meteorite Type: EH3 Chondrite
    QUE99438

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
The exterior has brown/black patchy fusion crust, shiny in areas, with some oxidation present. The interior is a brown/black, fine-grained matrix with some rusty areas and metal visible.

Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach, and Gretchen Benedix
The section shows an aggregate of chondrules (up to 2 mm), chondrule fragments, and pyroxene grains in a matrix that has experienced extensive terrestrial weathering. Olivine is present in several chondrules, occasionally comprising a significant fraction of the chondrule. Olivine is Fa0-1 and pyroxene is Fs0-2. The meteorite is a type 3 enstatite chondrite, probably an EH3.

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QUE 99438 - Plane-Polarized Light QUE 99438 - Plane-Polarized Light QUE 99438 - Plane-Polarized Light QUE 99438 - Cross-Polarized Light QUE 99438 - Cross-Polarized Light
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Data from:
  MB86
  Table A1
  Line 400:
Origin or pseudonym:E. Foggy Bottom Moraine
Mass (g):5.1
Class:EH3
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):0-1
Ferrosilite (mol%):0-1
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(1) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (84°S, 168°E)
     Recommended::   (84° 35' 30"S, 162° 18' 47"E)
Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 91.3 km apart

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     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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