Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 13063 |
Newsletter | 40,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 22680 |
Dimensions (cm) | 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.3 |
Weight (g) | 0.23 |
Original Classification | CM1 Chondrite |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite, Tim McCoy | |
Patches of black fusion crust are visible on the fractured exterior of this small carbonaceous chondrite. The meteorite exhibits a black interior. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The section consists of mostly small (up to 0.5 mm) completely altered chondrules set in an altered matrix with abundant carbonate. Rare small sulfide grains are present. Only one unaltered mafic silicate grain remains. The meteorite is a CM1 chondrite. |
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