Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 94537

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Queen Alexandra Range 94537

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 94537
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 94537
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1994
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 7.4 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 19(1)	(1996)	L3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 79	(1996)	L3.6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.6
Recommended:			L3.6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 57 approved meteorites classified as L3.6. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Field number: 10240

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 19(1):

Sample No.:	QUE94537
Location:	Queen Alexandra Range
Dimensions (cm):	1.8 x 1.5 x 1.1
Weight (g):	7.4
Meteorite Type:	L3.6 chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
Sixty percent of the dull black fusion crust remains on this weathered gem. No inclusions are visible in the lovely red-brown interior, but evaporite deposit is present.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason
The section shows numerous chondrules (up to 1.2 mm across) and chondrule fragments in a brown to black matrix containing some troilite and nickel-iron. Weathering is extensive, with limonitic staining and patches of brown limonite throughout the section. Microprobe analyses show olivine and pyroxene of variable composition: olivine, Fa_7-27, mean Fa₁₆ ; pyroxene, Fs_14-18. The meteorite is classified as an L3 chondrite (estimated L3.6).

Data from:
  MB79
  Table 2
  Line 1643:

Origin or pseudonym:	Foggy Bottom Moraine
Mass (g):	7.4
Class:	L3.6
Weathering grade:	B/Ce
Fayalite (mol%):	7-27
Ferrosilite (mol%):	14-18

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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° 35' 26"S, 162° 15' 40"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 91.6 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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