Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | LAP 04775 |
Newsletter | 30,1 |
Location | LaPaz Ice Field |
Field Number | 17042 |
Dimensions (cm) | 2.0 x 1.25 x 0.75 |
Weight (g) | 4.13 |
Original Classification | L6 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 24;Ferrosilite (mol%): 21 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
50% of the exterior has brown/black fusion crust with a sheen. The interior is chocolate, rusty brown with high metal content. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Tim McCoy, Valerie Reynolds | |
This L6 chondrite (Fa24Fs21) contains prominent shock veins and shock-melt veins containing spherical metal-sulfide globules. |