Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18808 |
Newsletter | 47,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24984 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.5 |
Weight (g) | 1.50 |
Original Classification | H4 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 18;Ferrosilite (mol%): 16 | |
Weathering | |
B/C | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite | |
Exterior has 50% black fusion crust with rusty oxidation, areas without fusion crust are brown with a pebbly texture. Interior is weathered orange brown with metal. | |
Thin Section Description (,,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
Olivine compositions are Fa18, pyroxenes are Fs16Wo1. The meteorite is an H4 chondrite. |
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