Sample No.:	LAP 04581
Location:	LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.:	17466
Dimensions (cm):	3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5
Weight (g):	16.021
Meteorite Type:	LL5 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this ordinary chondrite has 75% rusty black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior is a gray matrix with gray chondrules and moderate metal.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The meteorite is an LL5 chondrite (Fa₃₁, Fs₂₅) with thin metal-sulfide, shock-melt veins.

Thin Section Images

Reflected Light LAP 04581

Lab Images