AMN 42,2 Table 2. Newly Classified Special Meteorites

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Volume 42 No. 2 – August 2019

Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type

Achondrites
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
DOM 18130 14.8 UREILITE B/C B 24 13-19
DOM 18165 53.1 HOWARDITE A/B A/B 21-63 3.200
DOM 18255 36.4 UREILITE B/C B 24 13-19
DOM 18262 6.8 LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA A/B A 71-95 29-79
DOM 18291 15.9 EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) A A/B 25-62 2.600
DOM 18292 10.7 EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) A A 25-62 2.640
DOM 18304 29.2 HOWARDITE A/B A/B 28-63
DOM 18509 16.5 LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA A A 90-99 29-85 4.130
DOM 18543 13.6 LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA A A 93 22-77 4.220
DOM 18629 17.6 EUCRITE (UNBRECCIATED) A/B A 40-60 2.700
DOM 18666 45.9 LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA A A/B 99 26-80 4.160
DOM 18678 11.6 LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA A/B A/B 95 29-63
DOM 18787 3.4 HOWARDITE A/B A 12 20-52
MIL 15428 9.0 EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) A/B A 17-63 2.680
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
DOM 18071 43.3 CM2 CHONDRITE Be B 1-58 1-12
DOM 18286 20.3 CO3 CHONDRITE A/B B 1-52 1 4.550
DOM 18636 3.6 CM2 CHONDRITE B B 1-46
MIL 15300 0.8 CM2 CHONDRITE B A/B 1-44 3.870
MIL 15301 1.3 CM2 CHONDRITE B A 1-51 5-7 3.940
MIL 15302 1.0 CM2 CHONDRITE B A 1-48 4.030
MIL 15303 2.0 CM2 CHONDRITE B A 1-39 3.760
MIL 15304 3.4 CM2 CHONDRITE Be A 0.5-51 3.370
MIL 15305 3.2 CM2 CHONDRITE B A 1-39 3.930
MIL 15306 9.0 CV3 CHONDRITE B A 0.4-29 1 3.900
MIL 15347 5.4 CM1 CHONDRITE Be A/B 3.390
MIL 15408 2.9 CM2 CHONDRITE B A 1-37
MIL 15409 2.4 CM2 CHONDRITE Be A 0.5-40 3.760
MIL 15410 1.1 CM2 CHONDRITE A/B A/B 1-41 3.350
MIL 15419 0.6 CM2 CHONDRITE A/B A 1-47 8-12 4.030
MIL 15429 8.1 CM2 CHONDRITE Be A/B 1-45 3.630
MIL 15450 5.1 CM2 CHONDRITE B A/B 1-36 25 3.780
MIL 15464 8.4 CO3 CHONDRITE B/C B 1-45 1-30 4.340
MIL 15468 4.3 CM2 CHONDRITE Be A 1-41 3.940
MIL 15472 2.3 CV3 CHONDRITE A A 0.3-7 1-4 4.150
MIL 15479 1.3 CM2 CHONDRITE A B 1-35 4.000
MIL 15480 10.8 CV3 CHONDRITE B A 1-10 4.850
MIL 15489 30.2 CM2 CHONDRITE Be A 1-52 3.710
MIL 15555 4.5 CV3 CHONDRITE B A 1-10 3.980
MIL 15558 3.6 CO3 CHONDRITE B A 1-50 1-2 4.610
H type
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
MIL 15467 7.7 H3.7 CHONDRITE B/C A/B 3-20 16 4.930
MIL 15550 2.5 H5 CHONDRITE B/C A 19 17 4.760
L type
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
DOM 18166 24.9 L5 CHONDRITE A/B A 24 20
MIL 15053 205.6 L3.5 CHONDRITE B A 10-25 15-19 4.190
MIL 15059 111.8 L3.5 CHONDRITE B A 10-37 23-25 4.170
MIL 15351 150.3 L3.2 CHONDRITE B A/B 1-42 1-8 4.230
LL type
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
MIL 15014 123.5 LL CHONDRITE (IMPT MELT) C A 11-31 25 3.930
R (Rumuruti-Like) Chondrites
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
MIL 15552 2.2 R4 CHONDRITE B A/B 39 9-16 3.780
Other Chondrites
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
MIL 15043 277.8 CHONDRITE UNGROUPED C A 15 5-13 5.210
Irons
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
DOM 18173 49.4 IRON-UNGROUPED B A
Stony Irons
Sample Number   Weight (g) Classification
Weathering
Fracturing
%Fa
%Fs
Magnetic Susceptibility
MIL 15058 99.9 MESOSIDERITE B/C B/C 27-37 5.550
MIL 15181 2.0 MESOSIDERITE B/C A/B 23-57 4.750