New Meteorites from the Belgica Mountains, East Antarctica

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Eschrig J.* Pinto G. A. Gattacceca J. Debaille V. Pourkhorsandi H. et al.

METSOC 2026 abstract (PDF)

“We present a first overview of the 115 possible meteorites collected during the 2024-2025 Antarctic mission to the Belgica Mountains, focusing in more detail on one potential CC, one stony-iron meteorite, and one achondrite-like sample.”

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