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Reckling Peak 17105

Basic information

Name: Reckling Peak 17105
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RKP 17105
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass: 181.8 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	LL3
Recommended:			LL3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Comments:

Approved 22 Apr 2019

Data from:
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Origin or pseudonym:	Reckling Moraine
Date:	2018 Feb 01
Latitude:	76°15.465'S
Longitude:	158°15.742'E
Mass (g):	181.8
Pieces:	2
Class:	LL3
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	W0
Fayalite (mol%):	27.6 ± 9.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	13.0 ± 8.7
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.3 ± 1.1
Magnetic suscept.:	4.30
Classifier:	L. Boni and L. Folco,DST-PI
Type spec mass (g):	181.8
Type spec location:	MNA-SI
Main mass:	MNA-SI
Finder:	Jérôme Gattacceca
Comments:	Two fitting pieces (130.8 and 51 g); submitted by L. Folco (DST UniPi)

Institutions
and collections

DST-PI: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
MNA-SI: Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Website (institutional address; updated 13 Dec 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150

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Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(76° 15' 28"S, 158° 15' 45"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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