CLASSIFICATION OF THE ALLAN HILLS A77307 METEORITE

Abstract

The Allan Hills A77307 meteorite has variously been described as a CO, CV, and a unique CO‐CM related chondrite. We have found that its thermolum‐inescence properties are very different from the established members of the CO chondrite class; it has a TL peak at 170 and a suggestion of a peak at 250°C, while CO chondrites have peaks at 91 ± 7 and 203 ± 11°C. Either the meteorite has suffered some form of alteration or it is not a normal CO chondrite. The latter is consistent with petrologic and compositional data which we interpret to indicate that although Allan Hills A77307 is related to CO chondrites it is not a normal member of that group.