Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | GRO 17210 |
Newsletter | 41,2 |
Location | Grosvenor Mountains |
Field Number | 25766 |
Dimensions (cm) | 6.5 x 3.2 x 4.6 |
Weight (g) | 184.23 |
Original Classification | Eucrite (Unbrecciated) |
Pairing | GRO 17070; GRO 17098; GRO 17200; GRO 17210; |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Ferrosilite (mol%): 25-60 | |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite, Rachel Funk | |
The meteorite is 50% covered in black fusion crust that is patchy in some areas. The exposed surface is pitted with a dark gray matrix with lighter gray elongated grains that are 1 mm in length. There are minor amounts of orange rust. The fresh surface is a gray matrix with lighter gray elongated grains and minor amounts of rust. Similar to GRO 17210. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The sections are dominated by coarse grained basaltic material which is unbrecciated and heavily shocked. Mineral compositions are homogeneous with orthopyroxene (Fs61Wo2-5), augite (Fs25Wo44), and plagioclase (An80-88Or1-4). The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~33. The paired meteorites are coarse-grained, shocked, unbrecciated eucrites. |
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample GRO 17210 | ||||
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Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample GRO 17210 | ||||
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References for Sample GRO17210 | |
Mittlefehldt, D.W., Greenwood, R.C., Berger, E.L., Le, L., Peng, Z.X., and Ross, D.K., 2022, Eucrite-type achondrites: Petrology and oxygen isotope compositions, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 57, 484-526, doi:10.1111/maps.13730. |