[meteorite-list] E Chondrite Statistics Revisited

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:26 2004
Message-ID: <3C8BD103.3CB2FF3A_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

On Mon, 04 Mar 2002, Bernd quoted from:

NORTON O.R. (1998) Rocks From Space, p. 190:

> E-chondrites are rare, representing
> less than 2 % of the stony meteorites

and Dean responded:

> Dont forget to add the worlds newest E3 to that list.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1079329607

a) 2nd ed. British Catalogue, 1953:

19 E-chondrites (8 wrongly classified as E condrites)

True numbers: Total = 11 / 9 Falls / 2 Finds

b) 3rd ed. British Catalogue, 1966:

Total = 17 / 11 Falls / 6 Finds

c) 3rd ed. British Catalogue, Appendix 1977:

Total = 19 / 11 Falls / 8 Finds

d) 4th ed. British Catalogue, 1985, the BBB:

Total = 24 / 13 Falls / 11 Finds

e) 5th ed. British Catalogue, 2000, "Monica Grady's Catalogue":

Total = 201 / 15 Falls / 186 Finds

f) Bernd Pauli, private databases, June 2001:

Total = 211 / 17 Falls / 71 Finds (worldwide without Antarctica)
88 US-Antarctic E-chondrites / 35 Jap-Antarctic E-chondrites


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Sun 10 Mar 2002 04:32:51 PM PST