Volume 42 No. 1 – February 2019
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15123 | 55.7 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 0-7 | 4.220 | ||
MIL 15148 | 3.9 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 0-5 | 1 | 3.720 | |
MIL 15192 | 12.4 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-11 | 1 | 3.670 | |
MIL 15227 | 2.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-14 | 1 | 3.880 | |
MIL 15229 | 2.9 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 0-11 | 1 | 4.010 | |
MIL 15240 | 5.4 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 1-8 | 0-1 | 3.860 | |
MIL 15247 | 7.4 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 1-13 | 2 | 4.180 | |
MIL 15264 | 4.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 1-9 | 1-3 | 3.810 | |
MIL 15265 | 5.6 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A | A | 0-6 | 1 | 3.850 | |
MIL 15268 | 4.0 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B/C | A | 0-9 | 1 | 3.780 | |
MIL 15307 | 37.6 | CK5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 33 | 4.490 | ||
MIL 15363 | 21.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B/C | A | 1-8 | 1 | 3.690 | |
MIL 15511 | 10.3 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 1-5 | 3.670 | ||
MIL 15516 | 3.3 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A | B | 0-5 | 1 | 3.680 |
Enstatite Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15322 | 29.3 | EH3 CHONDRITE | B/C | A/B | 0-1 | 0-2 | 4.660 |
H type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15274 | 2.6 | H CHONDRITE (IMPACT MELT) | B/C | A/B | 19 | 17 | 4.710 |
L type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15515 | 5.3 | L3.5 CHONDRITE | B | A | 5-37 | 1-18 | 4.200 |
LL type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15046 | 189.9 | LL5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 31 | 25 | 3.660 | |
MIL 15285 | 39.7 | LL4 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 28 | 23 | 4.230 |
Other Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15293 | 3.8 | CHONDRITE UNGROUPED | B/C | A | 14 | 12 | 5.140 | |
MIL 15362 | 42.6 | CHONDRITE UNGROUPED | B/C | A | 16 | 9-26 | 4.930 |