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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | LAP 04572 |
| Location: | LaPaz Ice Field |
| Field No.: | 17313 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 |
| Weight (g): | 6.620 |
| Meteorite Type: | CK5 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
85% of the exterior of this meteorite has dull black fusion crust. The interior is a medium gray matrix with
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of poorly-defined chondrules up to 1 mm in a dark matrix of finer-grained silicates, sulfides and magnetite. Silicates are homogeneous. Olivine is Fa36 and orthopyroxene is Fs30. The meteorite is a CK5 chondrite.
Thin Section Images
| Plane-Polarized Light LAP 04572 |
Reflected Light LAP 04572 |
Cross Polarized Light LAP 04572 |
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