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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | LAP 04775 |
| Location: | LaPaz Ice Field |
| Field No.: | 17042 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 2.0x1.25x0.75 |
| Weight (g): | 4.133 |
| Meteorite Type: | L6 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
50% of the exterior has brown/black fusion crust with a sheen. The interior is chocolate, rusty brown with high metal content.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
This L6 chondrite (Fa24Fs21) contains prominent shock veins and shock-melt veins containing spherical metal-sulfide globules.
Thin Section Images
| Cross-Polarized Light LAP 04775 |
Plane-Polarized Light LAP 04775 |
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Lab Images
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