[meteorite-list] Ordinary Chondrite Statistics

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:10 2004
Message-ID: <3BF14971.9BBF15A7_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Hello Martin and List,

> My guess at the ranking from most
> rare to least rare is as follows: ...

> Does anyone know some numbers
> that would help decide this?


Here is what I can offer:

      Worldwide----------USANT-JAPANT
Class-Fall-Find-Total 1-Total 2-Total 3-Total (1-3)

H 0017 0027 0044 0000 0022 0066
H3 (+subtypes) 0013 0119 0132 0074 0073 0279
H4 (+subtypes) 0058 0411 0469 0348 0739 1556
H5 (+subtypes) 0142 0819 0961 2340 0364 3665
H6 (+subtypes) 0092 0385 0477 1288 0268 2033
H7 0000 0000 0000 0001 0003 0004


L 0011 0031 0042 0000 0009 0051
L3 (+subtypes) 0010 0059 0069 0212 0066 0347
L4 (+subtypes) 0022 0155 0177 0175 0140 0492
L5 (+subtypes) 0065 0348 0413 0923 0089 1425
L6 (+subtypes) 0256 0862 1118 2790 0546 4454
L7 0000 0001 0001 0013 0001 0015



LL3 0004 0012 0016 0003 0014 0033
LL3 (+subtypes) 0008 0016 0024 0029 0006 0059
LL4 (+subtypes) 0007 0037 0044 0022 0026 0092
LL5 (+subtypes) 0014 0062 0076 0893 0020 0989
LL6 0038 0127 0165 0238 0069 0472
LL7 0000 0005 0005 0004 0002 0011

USANT = US Antarctica
JAPANT = Japanese Antarctica

This breakdown includes Hot Desert meteorites but it
does not include such (mostly Hot Desert) exotics like:

L(H)3 - L(L)3 - L(LL)3 - L(LL)3-5 - L(LL)3.6
L(LL?)3 - L-LL6 - L/LL3, etc.

Reference: Bernd Pauli Database as of
June 2001 (includes Met.Bull. 85, 2001)
Received on Tue 13 Nov 2001 11:25:21 AM PST