Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 15307 |
Newsletter | 42,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 24030 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.75 x 3.5 x 3.25 |
Weight (g) | 37.60 |
Original Classification | CK5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 33 | |
Weathering | |
A/B | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kellye Pando | |
The exterior has dark grey to black fusion crust (100%) with light greenish grey weathering and a few rust colored dots of weathering. Interior is dark grey matrix with a few grey to black inclusions and a few orange weathered spots. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The section consists of large (up to 1.5 mm), well-defined chondrules in a matrix of finer-grained silicates, sulfides and abundant magnetite grains. The meteorite is slightly weathered, but extensively shock blackened. Silicates are homogeneous. Olivine is Fa33. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite. | |
Astromaterials 3D Link(s) | |
https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/astromaterials3d/sample-details.htm?sample=MIL15307-0 https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/astromaterials3d/sample-details.htm?sample=MIL15307-5 |
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