Sample No.:	LAP 04741
Location:	LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.:	17440
Dimensions (cm):	1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0
Weight (g):	3.215
Meteorite Type:	H5 chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior of this ordinary chondrite is brown with fractures. The interior is a dark gray matrix.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The meteorite is an H5 chondrite (Fa₁₉, Fs₁₇) with thin shock-melt veins.

Thin Section Images

Reflected Light LAP 04741

Lab Images