Volume 45 No. 2 – September 2022
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOM 18545 | EMPA | 5.5 | LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA | A/B | A/B | 32-62 | 4.010 | |
GRO 17119 | EMPA | 22.7 | ACHON. UNGROUPED | B/C | A/B | 7 | 7 | 5.140 |
Enstatite Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRO 17188 | EMPA | 45.9 | EH3 CHONDRITE | B/Ce | A | 0-2 | 5.270 |
H type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOM 18567 | 12.4 | H3.5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 5-44 | 2-20 | 4.200 | |
DOM 18764 | 12.5 | H4 CHONDRITE | B | B | 18 | 16 | 5.230 | |
GRO 17138 | 7.5 | H4 CHONDRITE (ANOMALOUS) | B | A/B | 12 | 9-11 | 5.390 |
L type
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOM 18183 | 6.8 | L6 CHONDRITE | B | B/C | 24 | 20 | 4.630 | |
DOM 18218 | 12.1 | L3.8 CHONDRITE | A/B | B | 23-28 | 20-21 | 4.110 | |
DOM 18623 | 17.9 | L CHONDRITE (IMPACT MELT) | B/C | B | 24 | 4.350 |