Sample No.:	LAR 04380
Location:	Larkman Nunatak
Field No.:	15593
Dimensions (cm):	2.75 x 2.5 x 1.5
Weight (g):	13.986
Meteorite Type:	L3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior has 80% thin black fusion crust. The interior is a dark brown matrix with high metal content and contains <3 mm sized chondrules of various colors.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 3 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. The meteorite is highly weathered. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa_17-31, with most grains Fa_30-31, and pyroxenes from Fs_6-27. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.9).

Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized Light LAR 04380	Cross Polarized Light LAR 04380

Lab Images