Meteorite object
Name
Allende

Recovery

Status
fall
Year
1969
Mass
2000000.0 g

Geolocation

Body name
Earth
Place
village of Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico
Coordinates
System
WGS84
Breccia
No
Category
chondritic
Group
carbonaceous chondrite
Class
CV
Chondrite petrologic type
3
Comments
CVOxA + classified as >3.6 by Bonal et al. (2006)
Oxides
Formula SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Cr2O3 FeO MnO MgO CaO Na2O K2O P2O5
Mass fraction (%) 34.23 0.15 3.27 0.52 27.15 0.18 24.62 2.61 0.45 0.03 0.23
Oxides comments
H2O <0.1 + FeS = 4.03 + Fe(m) = 0.17+ Ni = 0.36 + Co = 0.01 + C = 0.29 + other = 1.68; total = 99.98