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Elephant Moraine 96042
Basic information Name: Elephant Moraine 96042
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: EET 96042
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 250 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 21(1)  (1998)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  Ureilite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 604 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
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Writeup from AMN 21(1):

Sample No.:

EET96042

Location:

Elephant Morraine

Dimensions (cm):

5.5x5.5x3.5

Weight (g):

249.8

Meteorite Type:

Ureilite
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Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this meteorite is dark gray to black. Fusion crust covers ~80% of the surface area. Exposed interior is dark gray in color. The interior is dark, blackish-green crystalline texture. Some transparent, clear and light yellow crystals are present. It has a coarse grained texture with some dull rusty areas. Overall it has a dull metallic appearance. This achondrite is very coherent and difficult to break.

Thin Section (,7) Description: Tim McCoy
EET96042 - Cross-Polarized LightThe section consists of an aggregate of olivine grains up to 3 mm across. Individual grains are rimmed by moderately-weathered carbon-rich material containing traces of metal and troilite. Olivine grains exhibit undulatory extinction. Olivine grains have core compositions of Fa18, with rims reduced to Fa14. The meteorite is a ureilite.

Data from:
  MB82
  Table A1
  Line 70:
Origin or pseudonym:Meteorite City
Mass (g):249.8
Class:Ur
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):14-18
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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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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 43332 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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