Krest Kytyl Meteoriten 18,5g Scheibe

45mm x 50mm

Einzelstück

Name: Krest-Kytyl

     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.

Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.

Observed fall: No

Year found: 2020

Country: Russia

• Mass:

 57 kg

Classification

  history:Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 110  (2022)  H5Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12291 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]

Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:Approved 15 Dec 2021Writeup

Writeup from MB 110:

Krest-Kytyl        62°38.8’N, 129°42.8’E

Respublika Sakha(Yakutiya), Russia

Find: 31 Oct 2020

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: The meteorite was found by Mr. Nyurgustan Nikolaevich Uvarov on October 31, 2020, near the town Krest-Kytyl (Khamagatta), Namsky Ulus of Sakha Republic, Russia. The stone was partially covered with snow and had an eye-catching shape and color.

Physical characteristics: Single stone of 57 kg with dark-brown surface and well developed regmaglypts. Fusion crust is partly preserved.

Petrography: The meteorite is composed of poorly delineated BO, RP, ROP, PO, PP chondrules with maximum diameter 1000 µm, chondrule fragments and mineral clasts set in a recrystallized matrix. Main phases are olivine, pyroxene and feldspar. Minor phases are Fe,Ni iron, troilite, chromite, Fe,Ni hydroxides. Olivine shows weak undulatory extinction.

Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: Olivine Fa17.4±0.7(N=13); Pyroxene Fs15.7±0.5Wo0.9±0.2 (N=10).

Classification: Based on texture and mineral compositions the meteorite is classified as H5 ordinary chondrite (S2; W3)

Specimens: Cut piece of 7700 g, and thin polished section are on deposit at Vernad. Mr. Kazakov holds the main mass.