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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | MIL 05010 |
| Location: | Miller Range |
| Field No.: | 18143 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 11.0x7.0x4.5 |
| Weight (g): | 582.4 |
| Meteorite Type: | H4 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
The exterior of this ordinary chondrite has black fusion crust with oxidation haloes and some brown weathered and rusty areas. The interior is a brownish gray matrix with metal and mm sized inclusions. Black veins are visible.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
This H4 chondrite (Fa19Fs16) is cross-cut by shock veins up to 5 mm thick that contain olivine grains mosaicized and stained by shock.
Thin Section Images
| Cross-Polarized Light MIL 05010 |
Plane-Polarized Light MIL 05010 |
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