Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | QUE 97958 |
Newsletter | 23,2 |
Location | Queen Alexandra Range |
Field Number | 9378 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 |
Weight (g) | 1.75 |
Original Classification | CM2 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 0-48 | |
Weathering | |
A | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
30% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite has black vesicular fusion crust. The interior has a black matrix with gray crystalline inclusions up to 1 mm in size. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Tim McCoy | |
The sections consist of a few small chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-48, with many Fa0-2. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite |
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