Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18166 |
Newsletter | 42,2 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24234 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.0 x 2.5 x 1.8 |
Weight (g) | 24.93 |
Original Classification | L5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 24;Ferrosilite (mol%): 20 | |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite | |
Exterior of this meteorite is gray with some rusty oxidation and fractures. The interior is a fine grained mottled light/dark gray matrix with some light minerals, metal and oxidation. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The meteorite is an L5 chondrite that is cross-cut by shock veins and has metal and sulfide melt blebs throughout. Olivines are Fa24, pyroxenes are Fs20. |
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