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| Basic information | Name: Hocheppan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2016 Country: Italy Mass:  1236 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 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 4 Jul 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Hocheppan 46°29.1’N, 11°12.75’E Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Find: 2016 Oct 16 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Dieter Janek discovered the meteorite during a mountain hike on a dolomitic hillsite at Gantkofel, 2.5 km WSW of Hocheppan castle on October 16, 2016. Physical characteristics: One nearly complete stone of 1136 g, covered with dark-brown fusion crust and minor, small broken faces. Cut face shows dark-gray matrix with lighter inclusions, chondrules and abundant fresh metal. Petrography: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) Microscopic examination of a thin section shows dark matrix with very fine-grained groundmass and various types of chondrules of 0.1-1 mm (average 0.4 mm) in diameter. Lighter inclusions with coarser groundmass and various chondrule types of 0.3 - 1.2 mm (average 0.6 mm) are embedded in the dark matrix. Metal is homogenously distributed in both lithologies. Geochemistry: (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart, P. Appel and B. Mader, Kiel) Olivine Fa17.6±0.3 (n=35); pyroxene Fs15.6±0.4Wo1.5±0.4 (n=8). Kamacite Ni=6.3, Co=0.6 wt.-%). Magnetic susceptibility (R. Bartoschewitz, Bart) log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.34. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) Specimens: 20.0 g on deposit at Kiel, main mass (1126.6 g) Dieter Janek, Eppan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Kiel: Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Ludewig-Mayn-Str. 10, D-24118 Kiel, Germany, Germany (institutional address; updated 13 Sep 2013) Bart: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory, Weiland 37, D-38518 Gifhorn, Germany; Website (private address; updated 30 Nov 2019) |
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| 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.
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Statistics: This is the only approved meteorite from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy This is 1 of 47 approved meteorites from Italy (plus 23 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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