Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Elephant Moraine 87505

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Elephant Moraine 87505

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 87505
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 87505
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1987
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 14.5 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 11(2)	(1988)	Iron w/silicate inclusions
	AMN 13(1)	(1990)	IAB-an w/silicate inclusions
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 76	(1994)	IAB-an
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IAB-an
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IAB-ung
Recommended:			Iron, IAB-ung [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all]
Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 11(2):

See EET 87504

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 1679:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Mass (g):	14.5
Class:	IAB an
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	6
Comments:	87504 pairing group

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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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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
Recommended::	(76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44248 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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