Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 091007 |
Newsletter | 35,2 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 18854 |
Dimensions (cm) | 2.0 x 1.7 x 1.1 |
Weight (g) | 5.64 |
Original Classification | CK5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 29 | |
Weathering | |
Be | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite | |
40% of the exterior has frothy black fusion crust. The interior is a dark gray to black matrix with fine grained texture, some inclusions/chondrules are present. | |
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 Fa29. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite. |
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