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Elephant Moraine 90261
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 90261
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 90261
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 6.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 15(2)  (1992)  L3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  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)
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Writeup from AMN 15(2):
Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 2293:
Origin or pseudonym:Texas Bowl
Mass (g):6.6
Class:L3.4
Weathering grade:Be
Fayalite (mol%):1-23
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-18
Comments:90080 pairing group
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 15(2) (1992), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 11'S, 157° 10'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 16' 25"S, 156° 29' 3"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 20.8 km apart

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