Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Glenrothes

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Glenrothes

Basic information

Name: Glenrothes
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: United Kingdom
Mass: 13 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 84	(2000)	H5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11150 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 84:

Glenrothes

Fife , Scotland, United Kingdom

Found 1998 July

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A 1.1 g chondrite plus ~ 35 weathered fragments totaling ~ 13 g, were found with a magnet around Holl Reservoir by Rob Elliott. Classification and mineralogy (M. Grady, NMH ; A. Sexton, OU): olivine, Fa_21.4; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W4; O isotopes, δ¹⁷O = +2.69‰, δ¹⁸O = +4.21‰. Specimens: main mass, Fernlea ; 0.3 g, NHM .

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Institutions
and collections

NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2011)
OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
Fernlea: Rob Elliott, Fernlea Meteorites, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY, Scotland, United Kingdom; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Fernlea Meteorites
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Brice D. Hornback
Kieron Heard

Geography:

United Kingdom

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(56° 15'N, 3° 10'W)
Recommended::	(56° 15'N, 3° 10'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites from Scotland, United Kingdom (plus 3 unapproved names)
This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites from United Kingdom (plus 23 unapproved names)

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