Meteorite object
Name
Orgueil

Recovery

Status
fall
Year
1864
Mass
14000.0 g

Geolocation

Body name
Earth
Place
near Orgueil , Midi-Pyrénées , France
Coordinates
System
WGS84
Position type
point
Coordinates
Point Latitude Longitude Altitude
#1 43.883° 1.383°
Breccia
No
Category
chondritic
Group
carbonaceous chondrite
Class
CI
Chondrite petrologic type
1
Oxides
Formula SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Cr2O3 FeO MnO MgO CaO Na2O K2O P2O5
Mass fraction (%) 22.69 0.07 1.7 0.32 4.63 0.21 15.87 1.36 0.76 0.06 0.22
Oxides comments
H2O+=10.80; H2O-=6.10; FeS=9.08; C=2.80; other=8.64; total=98.86