The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 98, September 2010

This issue of The Meteoritical Bulletin reports information on 1103 meteorites including 281 non‐Antarctic meteorites ( Table 1 ) and 822 Antarctic meteorites ( Table 2 ). Reported in full written descriptions are three falls. Full descriptions are also given for three shergottites, two ungrouped irons, a primitive achondrite, an olivine diogenite, and a lunar meteorite. One iron, Gebel Kamil, was found in and around the Kamil impact crater. Also reported is a new dense collection area in Tunisia. Tables list a wide variety of meteorites including chondrites, ureilites, irons, acapulcoites, and HEDs. Antarctic meteorites reported in this edition include meteorites recovered by ANSMET (US), CHINARE (China), KOREAMET (Korea), and the NIPR (Japan) meteorite recovery programs. List of newly approved, non‐Antarctic meteorties by country. Name Location Date of recovery or purchase( p ) Latitude Longitude Mass (g) Pieces Class Sh a WG b Fa mol % Fs mol % Wo mol % Mag sus log10 9 m 3 kg −1 ) Classifier(s) c Type specimen mass (g) Type specimen location Main mass d Comment Meteorites from Argentina Cruz del Eje Cordoba 18‐May‐1971 30°45′S 64°47′W 14kg 1 Iron, IAB complex A. Ruzicka, M. Hutson, Cascadia ; S. Kissin, LHU 21.4 Cascadia Anon Meteorites from Canada Redwater Alberta 30‐Aug‐2009 53°55.974′N 112°58.620′W 230 2 H4 S2 W5 19.2 ± 1.3 16.2 ± 1.5 1.3 ± 0.3 C. Herd, UAb 40.5 UAb B. Newman Meteorites from Ecuador Daule Guayas 23‐Mar‐2008 1°52′15.2″S 79°57′27.2″W 6580 1 L5 S4 W0 24.5 ± 0.5 20.8 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.2 J. Grossman, USGS 20.37 SI Farmer See written description Meteorites from Egypt Gebel Kamil Al Wadi al Jadid, East Uweinat Desert 19‐Feb‐2009 22°01′06″N 26°05′16″E 1600 kg 1000s Iron, ungrouped M. D’Orazio, Luigi Folco 1500 MNA‐SI EGM See written description GSS 030 Al Wadi al Jadid 26‐Dec‐2006 26°22.69′N 26°51.03′E 51.3 1 H6 S2 W3/4 18.5 ± 0.2 16.4 ± 0.2 4.71 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot‐Denise, MNHNP 12.2 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 031 Al Wadi al Jadid 30‐Dec‐2006 25°26.17′N 25°29.19′E 62.3 1 H5 S3/4 W2 18.6 ± 0.2 16.6 ± 1.0 5.06 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 14 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 032 Al Wadi al Jadid 31‐Dec‐2006 26°11.20′N 25°27.34′E 8.3 1 Acapulcoite W4 7.5 ± 0.2 8.2 ± 0.2 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 6.7 MNHNP L. Ferrière Ca‐pyx Fs 3.6 Wo 43.5 ; grain sizes ∼100–300; rare relic chondrules GSS 033 Al Wadi al Jadid 31‐Dec‐2006 26°11.20′N 25°27.34′E 80.1 1 L5 S3/4 W2 24.8 ± 0.4 21.2 ± 0.9 4.34 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 18.7 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 034 Al Wadi al Jadid 31‐Dec‐2006 26°11.20′N 25°27.34′E 7.72 1 L5/6 S5/6 W2 24.4 ± 0.6 20.6 ± 1.0 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 6.2 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 035 Al Wadi al Jadid 2‐Jan‐2007 26°37.00′N 26°11.96′E 40.9 1 H5/6 S3/4 W3/4 19.0 ± 0.1 16.3 ± 0.2 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 8.9 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 036 Al Wadi al Jadid 2‐Jan‐2007 26°37.52′N 26°11.90′E 129 1 H5 S2/3 W4/5 19.1 ± 0.2 16.7 ± 0.4 4.56 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 21.8 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 037 Al Wadi al Jadid 2‐Jan‐2007 26°46.28′N 26°32.57′E 66.9 6 H4 S2/3 W3/4 18.6 ± 0.2 16.4 ± 0.2 4.69 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 15.3 MNHNP L. Ferrière GSS 038 Al Wadi al Jadid 3‐Jan‐2007 26°49.55′N 27°08.54′E 146 1 H5 S4/5 W2 18.8 ± 0.7 17.1 ± 0.6 4.85 L. Ferrière & M. Bourot 24.5</jat