Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Queen Alexandra Range 99861

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Queen Alexandra Range 99861

Basic information

Name: Queen Alexandra Range 99861
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: QUE 99861
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1999
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 3.2 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	LL5-6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 25(2)	(2002)	LL5-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	LL5/6
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 93	(2008)	LL5-6
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 33(1)	(2010)	LL5/6
Recommended:			LL5/6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as LL5/6. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Field number: 12518

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 4
  Line 439:

Mass (g):	3.2
Class:	LL5-6
Weathering grade:	A/B

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References:

Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 25(2) (2002), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(84°S, 168°E)
Recommended::	(84° 38' 12"S, 161° 26' 28"E)

Note: the NHM and recommended coordinates are 101.4 km apart

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

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