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Petrographic Descriptions (Select a sample)
| Sample No.: | LAP 031223 |
| Location: | LaPaz Ice Field |
| Field No.: | 16677 |
| Dimensions (cm): | 1.5x1.5x1.5 |
| Weight (g): | 4.778 |
| Meteorite Type: | L3 Chondrite |
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior is covered with brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The coarse grained interior is rusty with low metal and some gray and rust stained chondrules visible.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa1-27 and pyroxenes are Fs3-19. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).
Thin Section Images
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