Volume 36 No. 2 – August 2013
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LAR 12010 | 409.6 | DIOGENITE | B/C | A/B | 25 | ||
LAR 12248 | 113.5 | DIOGENITE | B | A/B | 29 | ||
LAR 12320 | 120.1 | DIOGENITE | B/C | B | 14-31 | ||
LAR 12060 | 17.9 | EUCRITE | A/B | A/B | 27-63 | ||
LAP 10018 | 254.8 | HOWARDITE | A | A/B | 29-45 | 13-53 | |
LAP 10101 | 15.4 | HOWARDITE | A/B | A/B | 34-41 | 15-56 | |
LAR 12139 | 11.5 | HOWARDITE | B | B | 42 | 18-61 | |
LAR 12249 | 80.1 | HOWARDITE | A/B | A/B | 20-56 | ||
LAR 12326 | 10445.0 | HOWARDITE | B | B | 32-52 | ||
LAR 12011 | 701.2 | SHERGOTTITE | A | A | 23-58 | 24-44 | |
LAR 12095 | 133.1 | SHERGOTTITE | A/Be | A/B | 31-42 | 26-31 | |
LAR 12240 | 57.6 | SHERGOTTITE | A/B | A | 28-42 | 25-31 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SZA 12430 | 412.1 | CK4 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 28--29 | 17-28 | |
GRA 12512 | 21.6 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/B | B | 1-74 | 1 | |
LAR 12099 | 7.0 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/Be | A/B | 0-52 | ||
LAR 12246 | 22.1 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/B | B/C | 0-50 | 1 | |
SZA 12431 | 443.1 | CO3 CHONDRITE | Ce | B/C | 0-40 | 2 | |
SZA 12432 | 163.3 | CO3 CHONDRITE | Ce | C | 0-73 | 1 | |
DOM 10410 | 5.6 | CR2 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 1-31 | 3-6 | |
LAR 12002 | 4855.0 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 0-34 | ||
LAR 12049 | 23.1 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 1-32 | ||
LAR 12100 | 24.6 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B/C | A/B | 1-25 |
Chondrites - Type 3
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LAP 10109 | 7.4 | L3.5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 3-35 | 21-28 |
L Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOM 10440 | 22.6 | L CHONDRITE (IMPACT MELT) | C | B | 24-29 | 20 | |
LAR 12325 | 263.9 | LL CHONDRITE (IMPT MELT) | B | A/B | 29 | 9-23 |