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Reckling Peak A80225
Basic information Name: Reckling Peak A80225
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RKPA80225
This meteorite may also be called Reckling Peak 80225 (RKP 80225) in publications.

Observed fall: No
Year found: 1980
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 8.3 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 5(1)  (1982)  L6
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 76  (1994)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 5(1):

Sample No.: RKPA80225

Location: Reckling Peak

Field No.: 1111

Weight (gms): 8.3

Meteorite Type: L6 Chondrite

 

Physical Description: Roberta Score

Fusion crust covers about half of this stone. The remainder is fracture surface which has been highly weathered. No unweathered material was exposed in chipping. Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm

 

Petrographic Description: Brian Mason

Chondrules are sparse and poorly defined, tending to merge with the granular matrix, which consists of olivine and pyroxene with minor amounts of maskelynite, nickel-iron, and troilite. The section is traversed by a thin (0.05 mm) dark glassy veinlet. Weathering is extensive, with brown limonitic staining throughout the section. Microprobe analyses show olivine (Fa25) and orthopyroxene (Fs21) of uniform composition; the maskelynite has CaO content (2.3%) appropriate to oligoclase composition, but has deficient and variable Na2O content (3.7-5.4%). The meteorite is classified as an L6 chondrite. Apart from a greater degree of weathering this specimen is identical with RKPA78001, 78003, 79001, 79002, and 80202, and probably should be paired with these specimens.

Data from:
  MB76
  Table 2
  Line 5412:
Mass (g):8.3
Class:L6
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):21
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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° 14' 10"S, 158° 19' 3"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 25 km apart

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