Volume 41 No. 2 – September 2018
Table 2. Newly Classified Meteorites Listed by Type
Achondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRO 17006 | 40.4 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | B | 28-64 | 2.670 | ||
| GRO 17039 | 8.3 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | A | 27-62 | 2.890 | ||
| GRO 17048 | 23.5 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | A/B | 29-66 | 3.620 | ||
| GRO 17049 | 61.4 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | B | 27-65 | 2.720 | ||
| GRO 17070 | 64.6 | EUCRITE (UNBRECCIATED) | A | A/B | 29-60 | 2.720 | ||
| GRO 17098 | 38.8 | EUCRITE (UNBRECCIATED) | A/B | A/B | 24-60 | 2.590 | ||
| GRO 17099 | 26.7 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A | A/B | 20-52 | 2.020 | ||
| GRO 17168 | 133.9 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | A/B | 28-64 | 2.690 | ||
| GRO 17175 | 94.9 | DIOGENITE | A | B | 12-30 | 2.520 | ||
| GRO 17176 | 131.1 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | A | 27-63 | 2.650 | ||
| GRO 17189 | 25.3 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A | B | 26-60 | 2.710 | ||
| GRO 17200 | 46.4 | EUCRITE (UNBRECCIATED) | A/B | B | 25-61 | 2.640 | ||
| GRO 17210 | 184.2 | EUCRITE (UNBRECCIATED) | A/B | A/B | 25-60 | 2.610 | ||
| GRO 17211 | 47.3 | EUCRITE (POLYMICT) | A/B | B | 28-65 | 2.810 |
Carbonaceous Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMU 17290 | 14.4 | CM2 CHONDRITE | Be | B/C | 1-33 | 9 | 3.130 | |
| GRO 17004 | 52.9 | CM2 CHONDRITE | Be | B/C | 0-39 | 3.540 | ||
| GRO 17059 | 102.4 | CK5 CHONDRITE | B | A/B | 31 | 23 | 4.540 | |
| GRO 17063 | 388.3 | CR2 CHONDRITE | B | A | 9-38 | 12-17 | 4.000 | |
| GRO 17064 | 226.4 | CR2 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-36 | 9-19 | 3.870 | |
| GRO 17169 | 79.0 | CK4 CHONDRITE | A/B | A/B | 11-15 | 4.580 | ||
| MIL 15094 | 10.6 | CM2 CHONDRITE | Be | A/B | 1-46 | 1 | 4.120 | |
| MIL 15254 | 21.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-44 | 1 | 3.900 | |
| MIL 15255 | 7.5 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-52 | 1-15 | 3.960 | |
| MIL 15257 | 11.3 | CV3 CHONDRITE | B | A | 1-14 | 1-5 | 3.870 |
Chondrites
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 14080 | 10.3 | CHONDRITE UNGROUPED | C | A | 15 | 5-14 | 5.070 |
H type
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOM 14429 | 40.1 | H3.5 CHONDRITE | B | A | 5-44 | 8-25 | 3.790 | |
| DOM 14491 | 18.8 | H3.5 CHONDRITE | A | A | 9-41 | 41 | 3.970 |
Irons
| Sample Number | Weight (g) | Classification | Weathering |
Fracturing |
%Fa |
%Fs |
Magnetic Susceptibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRO 17051 | 2806.0 | IRON-IAB | A/B | A | ||||
| GRO 17102 | 4959.5 | IRON-IAB | A/B | A | ||||
| GRO 17195 | 75.8 | IRON-UNGROUPED | A/B | A |