Blithfield meteorite

Blithfield
Blithfield
Structural classification	Breccia
Class	Chondrite
Group	E6
Shock stage
Weathering grade
Country	Canada
Region	Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	45°30′22″N 76°57′57″W / 45.50611°N 76.96583°W
Observed fall	no
Found date	August 13, 1910
TKW	1.83 kilograms (4.0 lb)

The Blithfield meteorite^[1] was found by Joseph Legree in Blithfield Township, Renfrew County, Ontario and measured about 8 centimetres (3.1 in) x 10 centimetres (3.9 in) x 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in).^[2] The main mass is now in the Canadian National collection, Ottawa. Blithfield is an enstatite chondrite, a group of very unusual meteorites that were formed in a very reducing atmosphere. It is a breccia, one of only five known enstatite chondrite breccias.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Meteoritical Bulletin Database
^ Johnson, RA, 1922, The Blithfield meteorite, Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, 1922
^ Alan E. Rubin, The Blithfield meteorite and the origin of sulfide-rich, metal-poor clasts and inclusions in brecciated enstatite chondrites, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 67, Issue 3, March 1984, Pages 273-283, ISSN 0012-821X, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(84)90167-5.

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[database-1] Meteoritical Bulletin Database

[2] Johnson, RA, 1922, The Blithfield meteorite, Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, 1922

[3] Alan E. Rubin, The Blithfield meteorite and the origin of sulfide-rich, metal-poor clasts and inclusions in brecciated enstatite chondrites, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 67, Issue 3, March 1984, Pages 273-283, ISSN 0012-821X, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(84)90167-5.

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