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Reckling Peak A80203
Basic information Name: Reckling Peak A80203
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RKPA80203
This meteorite may also be called Reckling Peak 80203 (RKP 80203) in publications.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 1980
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 3.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 5(1)  (1982)  H6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  H6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6775 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from AMN 5(1):

Sample No.: RKPA80203

Location: Reckling Peak

Field No.: 1093

Weight (gms): 3.8

Meteorite Type: H6 Chondrite

 

Physical Description: Roberta Score

Thin fusion crust remains on this small specimen. There is nothing unweathered remaining on this stone. Dimensions: 2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm

 

Petrographic Description: Brian Mason

Chondritic structure is barely perceptible, the sparse chondrules tending to merge into the granular aggregate of olivine and pyroxene, with minor plagioclase, nickel-iron, and troilite. Weathering is extensive, with numerous thin limonite veinlets throughout the section. The meteorite appears to have been considerably fractured and the minerals partly granulated. Microprobe analyses give the following compositions: olivine, Fa19; orthopyroxene, Fs17; plagioclase, An12. The meteorite is classified as an H6 chondrite. Stone is paired with RKPA80206, 80208, 80211, 80213, 80214, 80221, 80231, 80254, 80255, 80262, 80265, and 80266.

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5391:
Mass (g):3.8
Class:H6
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):19
Ferrosilite (mol%):17
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 5(1) (1982), 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° 12' 24"S, 158° 29' 37"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 21.2 km apart

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