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Reckling Peak 17043
Basic information Name: Reckling Peak 17043
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: RKP 17043
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Antarctica [Collected by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA), Italy]
Mass:help 117.5 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  L3
Recommended:  L3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 836 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as L3.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 17 Jul 2021
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Writeup from MB 110:

Reckling Peak 17043 (RKP 17043)        76°13.326’S, 158°47.813’E

Antarctica, Antarctica

Find: 2018 Jan 21

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

History: Revovered during the 2017-18 PNRA expedition

Physical characteristics: The total mass of the sample is 117.5 g. The meteorite is in two pieces and has a complete fusion crust.

Petrography: (UPisa). RKP 17043 exhibits well-defined chondrules (75 vol%), mainly type II chondrules, with a mean diameter of 590±80 µm (n=15), embedded in a fine-grained black matrix. Metals (4 vol%) and sulfides (5 vol%) are organized in coarser-grained assemblages comparing to typical unmetamorphosed chondrites. Glass and orthopyroxenes intergrowths are present but not frequent. Olivine and pyroxene grains have undulatory extinction and planar fractures. Limonitic staining and oxide rims are present along the border of a few metals and veins (<10 vol%). Whole-section images at pp. 37-39 here.

Classification: (UPisa). Ordinary chondrite (L3), shock stage S3 and weathering grade W1.

Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
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State/Prov/County:Antarctica
Origin or pseudonym:Reckling Moraine
Date:2018 Jan 21
Latitude:76°13.326'S
Longitude:158°47.813'E
Mass (g):117.5
Pieces:2
Class:L3
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):27.8±2.7 (N=23)
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.3±6.4 (N=12); 10.9±2.0 (N=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±1.2 (N=12); 36.5±1.8 (N=3)
Magnetic suscept.:4.71
Classifier:A. Musolino, M.D. Suttle, L. Folco, DST-PI
Type spec mass (g):114.31
Type spec location:MNA-SI
Main mass:MNA-SI
Finder:PNRA
Comments:Submitted by L. Folco
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)
UPisa: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Italy (institutional address; updated 3 Aug 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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Geography:

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Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (76° 13' 20"S, 158° 47' 49"E)

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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