header
  MetSoc Home            Publications            Contacts  
Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 26 Mar 2024
Search for: Search type: Search limits: Display: Publication:
Names
Text help
Places
Classes
Years
Contains
Starts with
Exact
Sounds like
NonAntarctic
Falls  Non-NWAs
What's new
  in the last:
Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:
 
Kerman 161
Basic information Name: Kerman 161
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2016
Country: Iran
Mass:help 20.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 106  (2018)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11504 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)
Comments: Approved 9 Jun 2017
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 106:

Kerman 161        30°45.417’N, 57°47.729’E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2016 May

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found in the corridors of Kalout region of the Lut Desert during a systematic search for meteorites.

Petrography: Microscopic observations of a polished mount reveal a chondritic texture with recrystallized matrix. Chondrules are readily delineated. Plagioclase average size is less than 50 μm. FeNi metal and troilite are well separated. Weathering products occur as veins and in situ alteration of FeNi metal and troilite. Chromite and plagioclase assemblages.

Classification: H5. Likely paired with Kerman 004.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Kerman
Origin or pseudonym:Kalout region of Lut desert
Date:2016 May
Latitude:30°45.417'N
Longitude:57°47.729'E
Mass (g):20.6
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Weathering grade:W3
Magnetic suscept.:4.59
Classifier:H. Pourkhorsandi, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):17
Type spec location:CEREGE
Main mass:Hojjat Kamali (Afshin Parsi, Afshin Group)
Finder:Hojjat Kamali
Comments:Workname AF494.; submitted by Hamed Pourkhorsandi
Institutions
   and collections
CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:
Geography:

Iran
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 45' 25"N, 57° 47' 44"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 312 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
     This is 1 of 384 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)
Proximity search:
Find nearby meteorites: enter search radius (km):
Crosslinks:
Also see:
  This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.
Revision
  history:
  This lists important revisions made to data for this record.

Direct link to this page