AMN 44,1 Table 2. Newly Classified Special Meteorites

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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