| Sample No.: |
MIL 05050 |
| Location: |
Miller Range |
| Field No.: |
18758 |
| Dimensions (cm): |
8.5x5.5x4.0 |
| Weight (g): |
253.3 |
| Meteorite Type: |
L3 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
85% of this ordinary chondrites exterior has rough brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior is a black matrix with abundant chondrules of various sizes and colors.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa6-25 and pyroxenes are Fs3-17. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).
Thin Section Images
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Lab Images
