[meteorite-list] Guess the WI fall type - Based on other recent falls

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:52:44 -0400
Message-ID: <w2je51421551005040852te2b31fb9id8f455f2668bfa73_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Listees,

With no official word yet on the petrologic type of the new Wisconsin
meteorite, does anyone want to guess what the final type will be?

We know it is a brecciated ordinary chondrite, but is it an L6, L5, or ...?

Listed below are the types of the known falls since the year 2000.
The type is listed and then how many of that type have fallen. If
only the type is listed, then that type has fallen only once since
2000.

You will notice that there is an overwhelming majority of certain OC
types and only one iron.

CM2
CO3.6
CV3
C2-ung
EL6
L5 : three
L5/6
L5-6
L6 : eight
LL5
LL6 : five
H/L4
H3.8
H3-5 : two
H4 : two
H4-5 : two
H4/5 : two
H5 : twelve
H5/6
H6
Ureilite
Eucrite : five
Iron IIE-an

The full chart with individual fall dates, types, and locations can be
found here - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls

Best regards and happy huntings (and collectings!),

MikeG

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Received on Tue 04 May 2010 11:52:44 AM PDT