Volume 44 No. 1 – March 2021
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRO 17060 | 216.1 | CR2 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 1 | 1-14 | 5.120 | |
GRO 17139 | 8.4 | CK6 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 26 | 4.920 |
H type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRE 17275 | 197.5 | H6 CHONDRITE (ANOMALOUS) | B | A | 16 | 14 | 5.230 |
L type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOM 18160 | 25.2 | L5 CHONDRITE | B/Ce | B | 24 | 21 | 4.490 | |
DOM 18862 | 1.7 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | B/C | A/B | 8-30 | 17 | 4.060 | |
GRO 17022 | 112.4 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 3-31 | 7 | 4.250 |
LL type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRO 17142 | 1300.9 | LL3.6 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 0-31 | 3-9 | 4.100 |
R (Rumuruti-Like) Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRE 17271 | 17.5 | R3 CHONDRITE | A/Be | B | 39-47 | 2-25 | 3.220 | |
PRE 17272 | 15.5 | R3 CHONDRITE | A/B | B | 12-44 | 6-13 | 3.250 |