{"content":[{"text":"Antarctic Meteorite \n Newsletter Newsletter Newsletter Newsletter Newsletter \n Volume 33, Number 1 February 2010 \n A periodical issued by the Meteorite \n Curator’s Comments Working Group to inform scientists \n of the basic characteristics of speci- \n Kevin Righter \n mens recovered in the Antarctic. \n NASA-JSC \n Edited by Cecilia Satterwhite and Kevin \n New meteorites Righter, NASA Johnson Space Center, \n Houston, Texas 77058 \n This newsletter reports 341 new meteorites from the 2006, 2007 and 2008 \n ANSMET seasons from the Larkman Nunatak (LAR), Miller Range (MIL), and \n Dominion Range (DOM) regions, respectively. Included are many carbon- \n aceous chondrites from the Miller Range 2007 season, many of which are Inside Inside Inside Inside Inside this this this this this Issue Issue Issue Issue Issue \n paired and paired with samples reported in the previous newsletter. The \n summary of samples is as follows: 2 ureilites, 2 brecciated eucrites, 2 LL \n Curator’s Comments..................1 \n chondrite impact melts, one anomalous H5 chondrite, 4 EH3 chondrites \n New Meteorites........................ 7 \n (paired), 3 LL3.8 chondrites (paired), one CB chondrite (perhaps paired with \n Location Abbreviations \n MIL 05082), 13 CM2 chondrites (6 pairing groups), 6 CO3 (all paired with MIL \n and Map............................. 7 \n 07531 from the previous newsletter), and 13 CV3 (two paring groups and \n Table 1: Newly Classified \n most paired with MIL 07671 from the previous newsletter). \n Antarctic Meteorites.............8 \n Table 2: Newly Classified \n 2006-2007 sample processing completed \n Meteorites by Type.............15 \n Notes to Tables 1 & 2..............16 \n With this newsletter, the characterization of the 2006-2007 season meteor- \n Table 3: Tentative Pairings.......17 \n ites is complete. There were a total of 4 from D’Angelo Bluff (DNG), 34 from \n Petrographic Descriptions........ 18 \n Scott Glacier (SCO), 48 from Grosvenor Range (GRO), 621 from Larkman \n Sample Request Guidelines......24 \n Nunatak (LAR), and 135 from Graves Nunatak (GRA). In addition, 12 samples \n Antarctic Meteorite Laboratory \n were found to be terrestrial. The collection from that season includes a great \n Contacts............................24 \n diversity of meteorites – 2 mesosiderites, 7 HEDs, spectacular LL impact \n Meteorites On-Line..................25 \n melts, 2 lodranites and ureilites, 3 irons, 2 fascinating ungrouped achon- \n drites, two lunar meteorites, a shergottite, and 25 carbonaceous chondrites. \n A summary of the finds for 2006 samples (or any other season) can be gener- \n ated using our advanced search on the classification database on our webpage: \n http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/query.cfm","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.078818,"width":0.8235210000000001,"height":0.605993}},{"text":"Lunar Meteorite Compendium","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.697412,"width":0.259809,"height":0.019124999999999948}},{"text":"The Lunar meteorite compendium was completed in May 2007 by the Antarc- \n tic meteorite group. The number of lunar meteorites was 42 then, and now it \n has grown to 62. The compendium will soon be updated and current to Janu- \n ary 2010. If you know of research that is not mentioned or covered in the \n chapters, please let us know: kevin.righter-1@nasa.gov. Kevin will update \n them as frequently as he can (there have been three updates since 2007).","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.729457,"width":0.539231,"height":0.09310600000000002}},{"text":"continued on p.2 \n Sample Request Deadline \n Feb. 17, 2010","bbox":{"left":0.372549,"top":0.866174,"width":0.25017899999999993,"height":0.05590200000000001}},{"text":"MWG Meets \n March 5-6, 2010","bbox":{"left":0.656863,"top":0.88303,"width":0.13959200000000005,"height":0.039046000000000025}},{"text":"1 \n Free publication available at: http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/amn/amn.cfm","bbox":{"left":0.232941,"top":0.940511,"width":0.534143,"height":0.033281000000000005}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}