Outer Recovery Icefields 18008 (OUT 18008)        81°28.56050’S, 18°01.88000’W

Antarctica

Find: 2019 Jan 09

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6)

History: The meteorite was recovered as part of the Lost Meteorites of Antarctica project. which was funded in the UK by the Leverhulme Trust and supported by the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Manchester. These samples were collected as part of the project’s first field season in austral summer December 2018 - January 2019 by a two person field party consisting of Katherine Joy and Julie Baum. Found on firn. Altitude 1402 m.

Physical characteristics: Mass: 2.37 g. Pieces: 1. Dimensions: 1.5 × 1 × 1 cm. An irregular. part stone with 50% black fusion crust and dark grey interior weathered to rusty red-brown on exterior surfaces.

Petrography: Equilibrated texture with some clearly delineated chondrules (up to 1 mm). Metal and sulfide grains occur as grains up to 0.5 mm throughout. Plagioclase grains up to 0.3 mm.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: All analyses by EPMA. Olivine Fa_18.8±0.3 (N=12). Pyroxene Fs_16.4±0.2Wo_1.2±0.3 (N=12). Plagioclase An _14.8±2.1Ab_81.3±2.3Or_3.9±0.2 (N=2).

Classification: H6

Specimens: 2.25 g type specimen (main mass) held at the NHM London.