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Location |
Dominion Range |
Field Number |
25328 |
Dimensions (cm) |
2.4 x 2.6 x 2.8 |
Weight (g) |
17.86 |
Original Classification |
L Chondrite (Impact Melt) |
Fayalite (mol%): 24 |
B/C |
B |
The exterior is smooth and dark greenish-grey with iridescent weathering spots and fractures. There are some black and rough areas of fusion crust. The exposed interior is heavily rusted. The interior is heavily rusted and dark brown with evaporites. |
The section consists of clasts up to several mm of heavily shocked L5 material (Fa24). Olivines exhibit mosaicism. Approximately half of the section is impact melted material consisting of exceptionally fine grained olivine in a glassy matrix and rounded to elongate metal sulfide blebs up to 2 mm in length. At the scale of the thin section the meteorite is an L chondrite impact melt breccia. |