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Elephant Moraine 96015

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 96015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96015
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.52 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(1)	(1998)	L3.4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	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)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 21(1):

Sample No.:	EET96015
Location:	Elephant Moraine
Dimensions (cm):	0.75x0.75x0.5
Weight (g):	0.52
Meteorite Type:	L3.4 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this ordinary chondrite has black patches of fusion crust with some brown rusty areas visible. The interior is a gray matrix with irregularly shaped euhedral/subhedral inclusions. The inclusions have dark rims and have an almost "interlocking" appearance. These inclusions are various colors and sizes.

Thin Section (,3) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows a close-packed aggregate of chondrules and chondrule fragments, up to 1.2 mm across, in a small amount of black matrix which contains accessory nickel-iron and troilite. Microprobe analyses show olivine of variable composition, Fa2-33, with a mean of Fa12. Pyroxene composition is Fs2-6.. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated L3.4).

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 44:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Mass (g):	0.5
Class:	L3.4
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	2-33
Ferrosilite (mol%):	2-6

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(1) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
Photograph from unknown source	A photo is in the write-up above
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA

Geography:

Antarctica

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

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

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