Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | LAP 04741 |
Newsletter | 30,2 |
Location | LaPaz Ice Field |
Field Number | 17440 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 |
Weight (g) | 3.22 |
Original Classification | H5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 19;Ferrosilite (mol%): 17 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
The exterior of this ordinary chondrite is brown with fractures. The interior is a dark gray matrix. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix, Linda Welzenbach | |
The meteorite is an H5 chondrite (Fa19, Fs17) with thin shock-melt veins. |
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