Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Kerman 251

MetSoc Home Publications Contacts

Search the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 4 Dec 2022
Search for:	Search type:	Search limits:	Display:	Publication:
Names Text Places Classes Years	Contains Starts with Exact Sounds like	NonAntarctic Falls Non-NWAs Has strewnfield		What's new in the last:
Include past classifications in search		Has photo	Limit to approved meteorite names
Search text:

Kerman 251

Basic information

Name: Kerman 251
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: Iran
Mass: 4.09 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 108	(2020)	L3
Recommended:			L3 [explanation]

This is 1 of 795 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 14 Jun 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Kerman 251 30°27’13"N, 58°27’25"E

Kerman, Iran

Find: 2018

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3)

Physical characteristics: Crusted stone

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Well-defined packed chondrules with average apparent diameter 610±530 µm (n=39). Opaques are metal and sulfides

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa_8.8±3.4, Fa PMD 34%, Cr₂O₃ 0.33±0.34 wt% (n=4). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs_9.4±6.9Wo_1.1±0.7(n=3).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L3). L group from chondrule size.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Bahman Izadi.

Data from:
  MB108
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Kerman
Date:	2018
Latitude:	30°27'13"N
Longitude:	58°27'25"E
Mass (g):	4085
Pieces:	15
Class:	L3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	8.8±3.4 (n=4)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	9.4±6.9 (n=3)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.7
Magnetic suscept.:	4.81
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	57.3
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Bahman Izadi
Finder:	Bahman Izadi
Comments:	work name CM05/1022; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca

Institutions
and collections

CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 29 Oct 2018)

Catalogs:

References:

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

Find references in NASA ADS:
Find references in Google Scholar:

Geography:

Iran

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(30° 27' 13"N, 58° 27' 25"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 308 approved meteorites from Kerman, Iran
This is 1 of 363 approved meteorites from Iran (plus 1 unapproved name)

Proximity search:

Direct link to this page