Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18001 |
Newsletter | 46,2 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 25378 |
Dimensions (cm) | 12.5 x 9.5 x 9 |
Weight (g) | 1820.00 |
Original Classification | H5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 19;Ferrosilite (mol%): 16 | |
Weathering | |
B/C | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Leslie Young | |
Sample has 75% fusion crust with black, shiny, irregular fracturing throughout. The exterior is rusted with a dark red and brown color. There was no exposed matrix. The interior has heavy oxidation throughout with some gray matrix. There is a large clast, white and light green in color and a smaller round grey inclusion approximately 3 mm in size. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |
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