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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | LAP 04462 |
| Location: | LaPaz Ice Field |
| Field No.: | 17335 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.0 |
| Weight (g): | 45.949 |
| Meteorite Type: | H Chondrite (Impact Melt) |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This ordinary chondrite has a dark brown exterior. It has a rusty black interior and a high metal content.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The meteorite is an impact-melt rock of H chondrite composition (Fa18, Fs16) with a fine-grained silicate matrix, rounded metal-sulfide blebs and relict mineral grains.
Thin Section Images
| Plane-Polarized Light LAP 04462 |
Reflected Light LAP 04462 |
Cross Polarized Light LAP 04462 |
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