The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 85, 2001 September

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: GROSSMAN, Jeffrey N., ZIPFEL, Jutta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01542.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.2001.tb01542.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01542.x

Abstract— Meteoritical Bulletin No. 85 lists information for 1376 newly classified meteorites, comprising 658 from Antarctica, 409 from Africa, 265 from Asia (262 of which are from Oman), 31 from North America, 7 from South America, 3 from Australia, and 3 from Europe. Information is provided for 11 falls (Dergaon, Dunbogan, Gujba, Independence, Itqiy, Morávka, Oued el Hadjar, Sayama, Sologne, Valera, and Worden). Noteworthy non‐Antarctic specimens include 5 martian meteorites (Dar al Gani 876, Northwest Africa 480 and 817, and Sayh al Uhaymir 051 and 094); 6 lunar meteorites (Dhofar 081, 280, and 287, and Northwest Africa 479, 482, and 773); an ungrouped enstatite‐rich meteorite (Itqiy); a Bencubbin‐like meteorite (Gujba); 9 iron meteorites; and a wide variety of other interesting stony meteorites, including CH, CK, CM, CO, CR, CV, R, enstatite, and unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, primitive achondrites, HED achondrites, and ureilites.