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Reckling Peak 92400
Basic information Name: Reckling Peak 92400
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RKP 92400
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 7.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 16(2)  (1993)  C2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  C2
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  C2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  C2
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 33(1)  (2010)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
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Writeup from AMN 16(2):

Sample No.: RKP92400

Location: Reckling Peak

Dimensions (cm): 2.5 x 1.9 x 1.8

Weight (g): 7.8

Meteorite Type: C2 chondrite

 

Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow

Polygonally-fractured fusion crust cover 75% of the exterior of RKP92400. A small amount of evaporite deposit was noted. The interior matrix of this friable carbonaceous chondrite is dark gray with numerous small white inclusions.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason

The section shows a few chondrules, up to 0.9 mm across, irregular aggregates, and small mineral grains in a black matrix. The minerals are mainly olivine, with minor pyroxene. Olivine compositions are mostly near Mg2SiO4, with a few more iron-rich grains, up to Fa10. Pyroxene compositions range from Fsl to Fs3. The matrix appears to be mainly iron-rich serpentine. The meteorite is a C2 chondrite.

 

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5462:
Mass (g):7.8
Class:C2
Weathering grade:A/Be
Fayalite (mol%):0-10
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-3
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 16(2) (1993), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (76° 16'S, 159° 15'E)
     Recommended::   (76° 13' 53"S, 158° 3' 47"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 31.8 km apart

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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