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Reckling Peak A80233 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Reckling Peak A80233 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: RKPA80233 This meteorite may also be called Reckling Peak 80233 (RKP 80233) in publications. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 414 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 4(2):
Sample No.: RKPA80233 Location: Reckling Peak Field No.: 1096 Weight (gms): 413.5 Meteorite Type: H5 Chondrite
Physical Description: Roberta Score, Patches of fusion crust cover all but one planar, fracture surface. This surface contains numerous chondrules which can easily be plucked out. A small area of unweathered interior material contains dark inclusions. Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm.
Petrographic Description: Brian Mason Chondritic structure is moderately well developed, with chondrules ranging up to 2.4 mm in diameter. The chondrules are set in a granular ground-mass which consists largely of olivine and pyroxene with minor amounts of nickel-iron, troilite, and plagioclase. There is a considerable amount of limonitic staining throughout the section, concentrated around the metal grains. Microprobe analyses gave the following mineral compositions: olivine, Fa18; orthopyroxene, Fs16; plagioclase, An11. The meteorite is classified as an H5 chondrite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 5420: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 4(2) (1981), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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