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THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE KAROONDA METEORITE
Author(s) -
Fitzgerald M.J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1979.tb00484.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , petrography , chondrite , chemical composition , astrobiology , geology , compositional data , mineralogy , parent body , geochemistry , chemistry , computer science , physics , machine learning , organic chemistry
New bulk compositional results are presented for the Karoonda meteorite which show that it is a member of the Vigarano type carbonaceous chondrites. Use of the petrographic symbol CK for Karoonda is shown to be unnecessary and inadvisable.