Volume 44 No. 2 – September 2021
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 19117 | 15.9 | UREILITE | A/Be | B | 22 | 19 | 4.360 | |
| DOM 19346 | 326.4 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | A/B | A/B | 20-60 | 3.470 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 19019 | 58.5 | CM2 CHONDRITE | Ae | B/C | 1-46 | 1 | 2.770 | |
| DOM 19034 | 59.5 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 0-49 | 1-33 | 4.170 | |
| DOM 19035 | 18.5 | CK6 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 32 | 4-27 | 4.650 | |
| DOM 19049 | 34.9 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/Be | B | 1-56 | 1-2 | 4.750 | |
| DOM 19068 | 3.0 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/Be | A | 1-44 | 4.780 | ||
| DOM 19069 | 11.6 | CM2 CHONDRITE | B/Ce | B/C | 1-48 | 31 | 4.040 | |
| DOM 19099 | 24.3 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/Be | A/B | 1-53 | 1-2 | 4.680 | |
| DOM 19170 | 32.8 | CO3 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 14-25 | 18-22 | 4.780 | |
| DOM 19179 | 30.9 | CO3 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 0-60 | 4.800 | ||
| GRO 17128 | 38.7 | CO3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-51 | 1-7 | 4.740 |
H type
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 18405 | 7.5 | H3.8 CHONDRITE | B | A | 17-33 | 8-18 | 4.980 |
L type
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 18224 | 8.6 | L MELT BRECCIA | C | A/B | 24 | 21 | 4.540 | |
| DOM 19340 | 13.8 | L MELT BRECCIA | B | A | 0-53 | 10-35 | 4.190 |