Volume 39 No. 1 – February 2016
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 14169 | 20.0 | HOWARDITE | AE | B | 22-62 | ||
| LAR 12106 | 41.7 | UREILITE | AE | A/B | 3-17 | 6-10 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 14238 | 10.5 | CK5 CHONDRITE | B | B/C | 30 | ||
| DOM 14239 | 9.9 | CM1 CHONDRITE | BE | B/C | |||
| DOM 14219 | 38.1 | CM2 CHONDRITE | AE | A/B | 1-46 | 2 | |
| DOM 14019 | 158.3 | CO3 CHONDRITE | BE | A/B | 1-39 | 2 | |
| DOM 14127 | 103.9 | CO3 CHONDRITE | B | B | 22-42 | 1 | |
| DOM 14305 | 133.1 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/BE | A/B | 1-56 | 51 | |
| DOM 14359 | 393.0 | CO3 CHONDRITE | BE | A/B | 1-45 | 1-63 |
Chondrites - Type 3
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAR 12216 | 16.3 | L3.5 CHONDRITE | B | A | 3-33 | 13-18 | |
| LAR 12142 | 68.4 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | AE | A | 2-40 | 26 | |
| LAR 12234 | 35.6 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 1-25 | 4 | |
| MIL 13052 | 2.2 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-27 | 9-15 | |
| DOM 14003 | 1261.2 | L3.6 CHONDRITE | BE | A/B | 9-27 | 4-14 | |
| LAR 12090 | 251.9 | L3.8 CHONDRITE | B/CE | A/B | 20-31 |
E Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAR 12001 | 6328.2 | EH3 CHONDRITE | BE | B/C | 3 | 0-2 | |
| LAR 12128 | 222.3 | EH3 CHONDRITE | C | B/C | 0.4 | 1 | |
| MIL 13285 | 1.0 | EH3 CHONDRITE | B/C | B | 0-3 |