Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 090294 |
Newsletter | 35,2 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 20537 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.25 |
Weight (g) | 10.00 |
Original Classification | CK5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 33 | |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
The exterior has 30% brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior matrix is soft, medium gray in color with gray chondrules. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Nicole Lunning | |
This section consists of large (up to 1.5 mm), well-defined chondrules in a matrix of finer-grained silicates, sulfides and abundant magnetite grains. Silicates are homogeneous. Olivine is Fa33 and pyroxene is Fs8. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite. |
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