Sample No.:	SCO 06041
Location:	Scott Glacier
Field No.:	17702
Dimensions (cm):	5.0 x 3.0 x 2.0
Weight (g):	45.154
Meteorite Type:	Eucrite (Brecciated)

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
100% black, glassy fusion crust covers the exterior surface. The interior is a light gray matrix with darker gray clasts. Smaller inclusions of white, black and various shades of gray are visible.

 

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of rare coarse-grained basaltic clasts up to 2 mm in a comminuted matrix of plagioclase and pyroxene. Pyroxene is commonly twinned with orthopyroxene (Fs₄₉Wo₂) containing lamellae of augite (Fs₁₉Wo₄₅). Fe/Mn in pyroxene is ~30. Plagioclase is An_82-90. The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite.

Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized Light SCO 06041	Cross Polarized Light SCO 06041

Lab Images