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Elephant Moraine 96160

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 96160
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96160
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 0.9 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(2)	(1998)	L3.6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	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)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 21(2):

Sample No.:	EET96160
Location:	Elephant Moraine
Dimensions (cm):	1.2x1.0x0.5
Weight (g):	0.88
Meteorite Type:	L3 Chondrite (estimated L3.6)

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Only small patches of black fusion crust are present on the surface of this meteorite. The rest of the exterior is a rusty brown color. The interior is rusty with small black patches of matrix and it has a sugary texture. Some gray colored chondrules are visible.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous well-defined chondrules (up to 1 mm), metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is abundant. Weathering is pervasive, with extensive staining. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa_4-22 and pyroxenes from Fs_13-16.The meteorite is probably an L chondrite of subtype ~3.6.

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 89:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Mass (g):	0.9
Class:	L3.6
Weathering grade:	C
Fayalite (mol%):	4-22
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13-16

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 21(2) (1998), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 83, MAPS 34, A169-A186 (1999)

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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 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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