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Basic information | Name: Mauerkirchen This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1768 Country: Austria Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12478 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Revised 19 Jul 2019: new information added | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 108:
Mauerkirchen, new information submitted by R. Bartoschewitz. History: Forgotten historical data were evaluated (H. Raab and E. Reiter 2017: Zum 250. Jahrestag des Meteoritenfalles von Mauerkirchen, Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachrichten 32, 3-24; and H. Brandstetter and H. Raab 2018: Neue Details zum Fund des Meteoriten von Mauerkirchen, Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachrichten 33, 57-62) and new analysis were presented at the 10th German Meteorite Colloquium regarding the 250th anniversary of Mauerkirchen meteorite fall. Physical characteristics: (H. Raab, H. Brandstetter, E. Reiter) One complete black stone of about 30 × 20 × 15 cm and 21 kg Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Strong recrystallized PO, POP, PP and BO chondrules (0.3-5 mm, av. 0.6 mm) are poorly developed in a heavy recrystallized, but non-brecciated matrix. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) olivine Fa23.9±0.3 (n=21); pyroxene Fs20.3±0.8Wo1.5±0.2 (n=25); Ca-rich pyroxene En48Fs8Wo44 (n=1); feldspar An10Ab84 (N=10); chromite CRAL 58.7±0,5, FMM 87.7±0,8. Kamacite Ni 5.7±1.4, Co 0.9 (n=3); taenite Ni 24.0±4.5, Co 0.7 (n=4) (all in wt.%). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 4.81±0.11 (n=19) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, S3) Specimens: Main mass (6950 g) on exhibiton in "Reich der Kristalle", Munich; further major specimens in Göttingen (1580 g), Vienna (417 + 172 g), polished thin section SI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) Vienna: University of Vienna, Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria (institutional address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites from Oberosterreich, Austria (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Austria (plus 3 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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