Volume 39 No. 2 – September 2016
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15309 | 48.0 | DIOGENITE | A/B | B | 31 | 25 | |
MIL 13124 | 1.7 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | A | A/B | 26-62 | ||
MIL 15080 | 38.9 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | A | A/B | 48-58 | ||
MIL 15099 | 39.3 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | A | A/B | 26-59 | ||
MIL 15380 | 374.2 | EUCRITE (BRECCIATED) | Ae | B | 25-60 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 13077 | 0.4 | CK5 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 30 | 23 | |
MIL 13043 | 1.0 | CM2 CHONDRITE | B | A | 0-31 | ||
MIL 13078 | 5.4 | CM2 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 0-44 | ||
LAR 12247 | 137.4 | CR2 CHONDRITE | A/B | A | 0-30 | 11-17 | |
LAR 12154 | 47.2 | CV3 CHONDRITE | A/B | B | 0-5 | 3 | |
MIL 13067 | 2.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 0-8 | 1-7 | |
MIL 13117 | 0.8 | CV3 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 0-19 | 1 | |
MIL 13118 | 0.7 | CV3 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 0-30 | 3-14 | |
MIL 15230 | 30.1 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 0-27 | 2-5 | |
MIL 15381 | 181.0 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B/Ce | B/C | 0-5 | 1-2 |
E Chondrites
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LAR 12252 | 147.5 | EH3 CHONDRITE | A | A/B | 0-4 | ||
MIL 13056 | 0.5 | EH3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 0-1 |
Irons
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 13013 | 2893.9 | IRON-IAB | B | A | |||
MIL 15052 | 865.4 | IRON-IIIAB | B | A | |||
DOM 14170 | 224.6 | IRON-UNGROUPED | A/B | A |
Stony Irons
Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIL 15114 | 55.1 | PALLASITE | B | A | 12-13 |