Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Elephant Moraine 96117

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Elephant Moraine 96117

Basic information

Name: Elephant Moraine 96117
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96117
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 19 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 21(2)	(1998)	L4
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 83	(1999)	L4
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L4
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L4
Recommended:			L4 [explanation]

This is 1 of 1715 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB83
  Table A1
  Line 48:

Origin or pseudonym:	Meteorite City
Mass (g):	19
Class:	L4
Weathering grade:	B/C
Fayalite (mol%):	25
Ferrosilite (mol%):	20-23

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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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Geography:

Antarctica

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

Statistics:
This is 1 of 40744 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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