Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18119 |
Newsletter | 46,2 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24842 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.3 x 2.4 x 2.0 |
Weight (g) | 22.35 |
Original Classification | L6 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 25;Ferrosilite (mol%): 22 | |
Weathering | |
B/Ce | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Curtis Calva | |
The exterior is 90% covered in a dark brown fusion crust that is smooth and shiny with rusty orange weathering spots and fractures. The exposed interior is dark brown and gray. The interior has a very rusty light gray matrix with evaporites and large rusty dark brown patches that contain metal. There are black inclusions and white inclusions. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |
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