Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 94396

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Queen Alexandra Range 94396

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 94396
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 94396
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 2.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 19(1)	(1996)	L3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	L3.4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.4
Recommended:			L3.4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Field number: 8706

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 19(1):

Sample No.:	QUE94396
Location:	Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):	1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8
Weight (g):	2.8
Meteorite Type:	L3.4 chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
Ninety percent of the exterior of QUE94396 is covered with dull, fractured, brownish-black fusion crust. A few millimeter sized weathered inclusions are obvious in the heavily oxidized interior.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows numerous chondrules (up to 0.9 mm across), chondrule fragments, and mineral grains in a dark brown to black matrix which contains minor amounts of nickel-iron and troilite. Brown limonitic staining pervades the section. Microprobe analyses show a range of olivine and pyroxene compositions: olivine, Fa_1-27, mean Fa14; pyroxene, Fs_5-10. The meteorite is classified as an L3 chondrite (estimated L3.4).

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1505:

Origin or pseudonym:	Footrot Flats
Mass (g):	2.8
Class:	L3.4
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	1-27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	5-10

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19(1) (1996), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 34' 29"S, 162° 33' 54"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 88.1 km apart

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

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