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Reckling Peak 92403 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Reckling Peak 92403 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RKP 92403 Observed fall: No Year found: 1992 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 4.1 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 236 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 17(1):
Sample No.: RKP92403 Location: Reckling Peak Dimensions (cm): 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.0 Weight (g): 4.1 Meteorite Type: Eucrite (brecciated)
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite The exterior of this achondrite is covered with black fusion crust that is shiny in some areas. Evaporite deposit is present on the exterior. The interior matrix of this meteorite is fine-grained, light to medium gray, and has a few small white and black inclusions. Minor oxidation was noted.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Brian Mason The section shows a few coarse-grained gabbroic areas, up to 5 mm across, in a fine-grained groundmass of comminuted plagioclase and pyroxene. Microprobe analyses show pyroxene of fairly uniform composition, ranging from Wo2Fs49 to Wo5Fs55; plagioclase composition ranges from An78 to An89. The meteorite is classified as a monomict eucrite (brecciated).
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Data from: MB79 Table 2 Line 1717: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 17(1) (1994), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 79, MAPS 31, A161-A174 (1996)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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