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| Basic information | Name: Queen Alexandra Range 97008 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: QUE 97008 Observed fall: No Year found: 1997 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  453 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as L3.05. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Field number: 10166
Revised 1 Sep 2007: Reclassified by Grossman and Brearley (2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 22(1):
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride This ordinary chondrite’s exterior is covered by brown/black fusion crust. It has a rough and vesicular surface with polygonal fractures. It alternates between shiny and dull areas. The interior is a dark gray matrix with numerous chondrules and inclusions of various colors (white, gray, cream, rust and black) that range in size from sub mm to ~8 mm. Olivine and pyroxene clasts are visible. A very minor amount of rust is present. Thin Section (, 2) Description: Tim McCoy 
The section exhibits numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 2 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is extremely abundant. Silicates unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa3-33 and pyroxenes from Fs3-21. The meteorite is an L3 Chondrite (estimated subtype 3.4). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB83 Table A1 Line 323: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 22(1) (1999), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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