Density, magnetic susceptibility, and the characterization of ordinary chondrite falls and showers
Abbreviated Journal Title
Meteorit. Planet. Sci.
Keywords
STONY METEORITES; CLASSIFICATION; POROSITIES; Geochemistry & Geophysics
Abstract
Bulk and grain densities of 132 ordinary chondrites from the Vatican Observatory collection were measured and compared with their magnetic susceptibility (for the most part using previously measured values; ten new Susceptibility measures were taken for this Study). Grain density and magnetic susceptibility combined provide a reliable method of classifying unweathered ordinary chondrites. Unlike traditional chemical tests, this method is fast, nondestructive, and characterizes the whole rock, making it especially appropriate for surveying large collections. The system is less viable for finds; extensive weathering of metallic Iron in an H chondrite can cause it to plot among L chondrites, while heavily weathered L chondrites plot among the LL group. This system has revealed outlier stories that may be misclassified meteorites or mislabeled samples; in every case where the magnetic Susceptibility of a meteorite does not fit its Putative classification, the grain density is also found to be in disagreement in a manner consistent with either severe weathering or misidentification. An analysis of stories from Five showers shows that, excluding outliers, these samples tend to Cluster tightly within their appropriate groups in a plot of grain versus magnetic susceptibility.
Journal Title
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Volume
41
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
331
Last Page
342
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1086-9379
Recommended Citation
"Density, magnetic susceptibility, and the characterization of ordinary chondrite falls and showers" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6049.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6049
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