Volume 43 No. 1 – February 2020
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 18242 | 15.9 | LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA | A/B | B | 31-52 | 4.280 | ||
| DOM 18244 | 25.1 | LUNAR-BASALTIC BRECCIA | A/B | A | 20-64 | 4.200 | ||
| DOM 18293 | 8.3 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | A | A/B | 30-63 | 2.870 | ||
| EET 16168 | 2.7 | ACAPULCOITE | B/C | B/C | 7 | 3-8 | 5.170 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 18019 | 52.8 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/B | B | 1-44 | 1-7 | 4.640 | |
| DOM 18069 | 35.9 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 1-41 | 4.730 | ||
| DOM 18070 | 63.4 | CO3 CHONDRITE | A | A/B | 3 | 4.810 | ||
| EET 16178 | 1.5 | CK5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 30 | 25 | 4.780 |
Enstatite Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRO 17112 | 16.3 | EH3 CHONDRITE | B/C | B | 0.5 | 0-1 | 4.950 |
L type
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EET 16154 | 6.4 | L3.5 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 1-26 | 9-22 | 4.440 | |
| GRO 17009 | 44.6 | L3.8 CHONDRITE | B | B | 6-23 | 3-24 | 4.390 | |
| GRO 17026 | 92.4 | L3.4 CHONDRITE | B | A | 6-26 | 3-17 | 3.780 | |
| GRO 17151 | 59.4 | L6 CHONDRITE | B/C | A/B | 25 | 21 | 4.640 | |
| GRO 17167 | 121.7 | L3.4 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 1-35 | 5-12 | 4.080 | |
| GRO 17177 | 65.8 | L3.4 CHONDRITE | B/Ce | A | 5-36 | 3-17 | 4.330 |