Characterization of the 1980-81 Victoria Land meteorite collections

• Main Authors: Brian Mason, Roy S. Jr. Clarke
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution 1982
• Subjects: Allan Hills; Reckling Peak; Victoria Land; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1377; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001377/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1377&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

In the 1980-81 field season a U.S. party collected 32 meteorite specimens in the Allan Hills (ALH) area, 67 near Reckling Peak (RKP), and 1 near Outpost Nunatak (OTT). These specimens have been classified as follows : irons, 2; mesosiderites, 4; eucrites, 3; ureilite, 1 : chondrites, 90. The chondrites belong to the following classes and types : C3,1; H3,2; H4,7; H5,25; H6,18; L3,3; L4,2; L5,3; L6,22; LL5,2; LL6,4; E5,1. The mesosiderites are paired with RKPA-79015 (originally classified as an iron with silicate inclusions); 15 L6 chondrites from the Allan Hills appear to be pieces of a single meteorite; several of the L6 chondrites from Reckling Peak are paired with RKPA78001; 13 H6 chondrites from Reckling Peak appear to be pieces of a single meteorite. Additional pairings are possible on further examination.