Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 14201 |
Newsletter | 41,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 21603 |
Dimensions (cm) | 2.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 |
Weight (g) | 16.80 |
Original Classification | L3.6 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 1-30;Ferrosilite (mol%): 2-24 | |
Weathering | |
Be | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk | |
98% of exterior is covered with a vesicular, black fusion crust. The interior is a black matrix with gray and beige chondrules and evaporites. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The section exhibits numerous large (up to 2 mm), well-defined chondrules in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is present. The meteorite is moderately weathered. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa1-30 and pyroxenes from Fs2-24. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6). |
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