Abstract
Elmshorn fell April 25, 2023, about 30 km northwest of the city of Hamburg (Germany). Shortly after the fall, 21 pieces were recovered totaling a mass of 4277 g. Elmshorn is a polymict and anomalous H3-6 chondritic, fragmental breccia. The rock is a mixture of typical H chondrite lithologies and clasts of intermediate H/L (or L, based on magnetic properties) chondrite origin. In some of the 21 pieces, the H chondrite lithologies dominate, while in others the H/L (or L) chondrite components are prevalent. The H/L chondrite assignment of these components is based on the mean composition of their olivines in equilibrated type 4 fragments (~Fa21–22). The physical properties like density (3.34 g cm−3) and magnetic susceptibility (logχ
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2321-2356 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | Meteoritics and Planetary Science |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 29 May 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2024 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105105 Geochemistry
- 103014 Nuclear physics