FMNH Collection Data: Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL6)
Specimen number: FMNH ME 1979 Specimen mass: 390.59 gram The
Blithfield meteorite was found in 1910 in Renfrew County,
Ontario. The only sample from the find weighs 1.830 kg. The
Blithfield meteorite is an enstatite chondrite that belongs to
the low-iron chemical group and was thermally metamorphized in
its parent body. It is classified as an EL6 chondrite.
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