The Fountain Hills Meteorite: A New CB(a) Chondrite from Arizona

Authors :: Lauretta, D. S
Killgore, M
Greenwood, R. C
Verchovsky, A. B
Franchi, I. A
Source :: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV: Carbonaceous Chondrites.
Publication Year :: 2004
Publisher :: United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2004.
Abstract: The CR clan of meteorites has been established and a detailed review of these meteorites is presented. There are several kinds of carbonaceous chondrites included in this clan: Carbonaceous Renazzo-like (CR), Carbonaceous with High metal (CH), Carbonaceous Bencubbin-like (CB), and LEW 85332, a unique-metal rich meteorite. The CB chondrites are further divided into two subgroups: CB(sub a) and CB(sub b). Here we describe a new member of the CR chondrite clan, Fountain Hills, a recent find with a total mass of approximately 60 g.