Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 971023

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Queen Alexandra Range 971023

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: 11.4 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H3.5
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 23(2)	(2000)	H3
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	H3.5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H3.5
Recommended:			H3.5 [explanation]

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

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 23(2):

Sample No.:	QUE 971023
Location:	Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):	3.0x1.5x1.5
Weight (g):	11.437
Meteorite Type:	H3 Chondrite (estimated 3.5)

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
The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is extremely abundant. The meteorite is moderately weathered. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa_6-19 and pyroxenes from Fs_5-31. The meteorite is an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.5).

Data from:
  MB85
  Table A1
  Line 194:

Origin or pseudonym:	W. Foggy Bottom Moraine
Mass (g):	11.4
Class:	H3.5
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	6-19
Ferrosilite (mol%):	5-31

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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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Photos:

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Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 36' 3"S, 162° 11' 13"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 93 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 43352 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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