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Queen Alexandra Range 971023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Queen Alexandra Range 971023 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 971023 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 20 approved meteorites classified as H3.5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Field number: 9625 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from AMN 23(2):
![]() Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride This ordinary chondrite has smooth brown/black fusion crust over 90% of its exterior. Oxidation halos are visible. The interior is moldy, black and rust colored matrix.
Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB85 Table A1 Line 194: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 23(2) (2000), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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