Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 13320 |
Newsletter | 40,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 21348 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.6 |
Weight (g) | 1.44 |
Original Classification | CK5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 34 | |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk | |
25% of the exterior surface has black fractured fusion crust. The exposed surface is black and fractured. The dark gray cloudy matrix has black inclusions visible. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy, Nicole Lunning | |
The section consists of large (up to 2 mm) chondrules in a matrix of finer-grained silicates, sulfides and abundant magnetite grains. The meteorite is little weathered, but extensively shock blackened. Olivine is homogeneous and Fa34. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite. |
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