Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 13323 |
Newsletter | 40,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 21724 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.1 x 1.9 x 0.9 |
Weight (g) | 3.66 |
Original Classification | CK5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 32 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk | |
Exterior has black fractured fusion crust (15%). Exposed interior is black and fractured. The interior is a cloudy gray that has a crumbly texture. | |
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 moderately weathered, but extensively shock blackened. Olivine is homogeneous and Fa32. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite. |
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