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   Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter, Volume 30, No. 2 - August 2007
Volume 30, No. 2 - August 2006
Petrographic Descriptions   (Select a sample)


 
DNG 06004
GRA 06100
GRA 06101
GRA 06128
GRA 06129
GRA 06130
GRA 06131
GRA 06157
GRA 06172
GRA 06173
GRA 06189
LAP 04462
LAP 04475
LAP 04514
LAP 04516
LAP 04521
LAP 04527
LAP 04552
LAP 04565
LAP 04572
LAP 04581
LAP 04588
LAP 04592
LAP 04612
LAP 04614
LAP 04672
LAP 04675
LAP 04680
LAP 04689
LAP 04741
LAP 04745
LAP 04760
LAP 04796
LAP 04807
LAP 04809
LAP 04824
LAR 04364
LAR 04369
LAR 04380
LAR 04382
LAR 06319
LAR 06621
LAR 06638
LAR 06870
LAR 06875
LAR 06876
LAR 06877
MIL 05069
MIL 05147
RBT 04143
RBT 04251
RBT 04255
SCO 06040
SCO 06041
TYR 05181
 


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Sample No.: LAR 04369
Location: Larkman Nunatak
Field No.: 15569
Dimensions (cm):   1.0 x 0.5 x 0.25
Weight (g): 0.635
Meteorite Type:

H Metal



Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This meteorite has no fusion crust and a rusty interior.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section, which measures 6 x 10 mm, consists of a single kamacite with an α2 structure enclosing an ~1.5 x 3 mm clast of chondritic mineralogy. Within the clast, olivine is Fa19 and orthopyroxene is Fs17. The meteorite is probably a metal particle from an H chondrite.



Thin Section Images

Reflected Light
LAR 04369
Reflected Light
LAR 04369
LAR04369 - PReflected Light LAR04369 - Reflected Light



Lab Images

LAR 04369