CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name Mount Walton 01001
Abbreviation WAL 01001
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Mount Walton, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 17
Latitude 72° 27' 0'' S
Longitude 160° 20' 6'' E
Findsite remarks aeolian debris, blue ice south
Field description 60% crusted stony fragment 7 x 5 x 5 cm
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 18/12/2001
Finder ZEOLI A.
Original Mass (g) 271.6
Mass at MNA (g) 268.68
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan ORDINARY CHONDRITE
Group H 4/5
Shock stage S2
Weathering grade W2
Fa (Ol) 20
Fs (low Ca Px) 18
Classified by A. Burroni and L. Folco (MNA-SI)
Comments
Other data
References
  1. Ferraris C., Folco L., Mellini M. and Zeoli A. (2003) Meteorites: 174 new finds from Frontier Mountain and other blue ice fields in the Rennick Glacier and David Glacier regions (Antarctica, 2001-2002). Terra Antartica Reports 8, 185-188.
  2. Folco L. and Rastelli N. (2002) The meteorite collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena. December 2002 update. Terra Antartica 9(2), 101-117.
    http://192.167.120.37/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_09/TA_09_101_Folco.pdf
  3. Russell S.S., Zipfel J., Grossman J.N. and Grady M.M. (2002) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 86, 2002 July. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 37(S5), A157-A184.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb00913.x
  4. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Caffee M.W., Hillegonds D.J., Johnson J.A., Jull A.J.T., Wieler R. and Folco L. (2006) Terrestrial ages, pairing, and concentration mechanism of Antarctic chondrites from Frontier Mountain, northern Victoria Land. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41(7), 1081-1094.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00506.x
PROJECT
Title Concentrazioni di meteoriti: individuazione, raccolta e studio
Acr
Code
PI Marcello Mellini

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