M23.20141001

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  1. RASC M23.20141001
  2. Abee, enstatite chondrite (EH4), Alberta, Canada (54°13′N, 113°W ), fall 1952 June 9, 107 kg.
  3. anonymous gift 2014 October 1
  4. 3 fragments; range of fragment sizes φ scale = –2 to 2 (Wentworth size class=very fine gravel to fine sand), 0.06–0.30 cm
  5. 0.051gr.
  6. ...
  7. colour range: 2.5Y 2.5/1 Black to 2.5Y 7/1 Light Gray matrix, with sparse inclusions at 2.5Y 8/3 Pale Yellow (Munsell)
  8. good, but friable as per this type
  9. not previously published
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    M22.20110131

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    1. RASC M22.20110131;
    2. Northwest Africa 869 (NWA 869), L 4-6 Ordinary Chondrite, “Northwest Africa,” find 2000 (or 2001), 2000 kg;
    3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
    4. 1.1 x 0.93 x 0.77 cm;
    5. 1.41 gr;
    6. Irregular prolate “spherule”;
    7. Pebble, with intact fusion crust and discernible regmaglypts;
    8. Good;
    9. Not previously published;
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      M21.20110131

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      1. RASC M21.20110131;
      2. Northwest Africa 6080 (NWA 6080), LL4 Ordinary Chondrite, "Northwest Africa,” find 2008, 6.33 kg;
      3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
      4. 2 fragments: a) 1.025 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm; b) 0.3 x 0.19 x 0.16 cm;
      5. a) 0.667 gr; b) 0.19 gr;
      6. Irregular forms;
      7. a) has one polished face;
      8. Good;
      9. Not previously published;
        1. IMCA EoM www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/meteorite.aspx?id=51489 ;
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      M20.20110131

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      1. RASC M20.20110131;
      2. Gao-Guenie, H5 Ordinary Chondrite, Gao and Guenie, Burkina Faso (11° 39' N, 2° 11' W), fall 1960 March 5 (note: the “second” fall date of April 1960 may be spurious), ? kg;
      3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31; 4. 1.8 x 1.1 x 0.35 cm;
      4. ...
      5. 1.41 gr;
      6. Slice;
      7. ...
      8. Fair;
      9. Not previously published;
        1. Grady (2000), 211;
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      M19.20110131

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      1. RASC M19.20110131;
      2. Tatahouine, Diogenite, Tatahouine, Tunisia (32° 57' N, 10° 25' E), fall 1931 June 27, 12 kg;
      3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
      4. 3 fragments:
        1. 0.54 x 0.35 x 0.30 cm;
        2. 0.45 x 0.38 x 0.34 cm;
        3. 0.45 x 0.15 x 0.14 cm;
      5. 0.131 gr.;
      6. Irregular forms;
      7. ...
      8. Stable;
      9. Not previously published;
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        M18.20110131

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        1. RASC M18.20110131;
        2. Vaca Muerta, Mesosiderite-A1, Taltal, Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile (25° 45' S, 70° 30' W), find 1861, 3828 kg;
        3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
        4. 10 fragments;
          • longest fragment 27. 0.57 x 0.46 x 0.10 cm;
          • widest fragment 0.549 x 0.50 x 0.16 cm;
          • thickest fragment 0.35 x 0.385 x 0.20 cm;
        5. 0.23 gr.
        6. Irregular forms;
        7. Weathering crusts;
        8. Stable;
        9. Not previously published;
          1. Grady (2000), 508;
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        M17.20110131

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        1. RASC M17.20110131;
        2. Admire, Pallasite (PMG), Admire, Lyons Co., Kansas, USA (38° 42' N, 96° 6' W ), find 1881, 180(?) kg;
        3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
        4. 2.10 x 1.49 x 0.20 cm;
        5. 1.176 gr.;
        6. Slice;
        7. Wide faces polished; typical attractive yellow crystalline olivine inclusions in an iron-nickel matrix;
        8. Fragile;
        9. Not previously published;
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          M16.20110131

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          1. RASC M16.20110131;
          2. Northwest Africa 4734 (NWA 4734), Achondrite (lunar), “Northwest Africa,” find October 2006, 1.372 kg;
          3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
          4. 0.30 x 0.25 x 0.175 cm;
          5. 0.01 gr.;
          6. Irregular form;
          7. Note: not a monzogabbro;
          8. Good;
          9. Not previously published;
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            M15.20110131

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            1. 1. RASC M15.20110131;
            2. 2. Murchison, Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2), Murchison, Victoria, Australia (36° 37' S, 145° 12' E), fall 1969 September 28, 4.5 kg;
            3. 3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
            4. 4. 0.36 x 0.24 x 0.2 cm;
            5. 5. 0.021 gr.;
            6. 6. irregular form;
            7. 7. Colour range: 2.5Y 2.5/1 Black to 5Y 2.5/1 Black, with sparse inclusions at 5Y 8/6 Yellow (Munsell);
            8. 8. Good;
            9. 9. Not previously published;
            10. Grady (2000), 351–352;
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              M14.20110131

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              1. RASC M14.20110131;
              2. Whitecourt, Iron, medium octahedrite (IIIAB), Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada (53° 59' 57" N, 115° 35' 51" W ), find 2007 July 1, ca. 70 kg;
              3. Anonymous gift 2011 January 31;
              4. 2 fragments: a) 0.448 x 0.25 x 0.15 cm; b) 0.23 x 0.14 x 0.08 cm;
              5. 0.03 gr;
              6. 14 a irregular lanceolate form; 14 b irregular form;
              7. 14 a & 14 b each have one polished face (treatment happened prior to their separating from a larger mass); weathering rind on other faces;
              8. Stable;
              9. not previously published;
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