Sample No.:	LAP 031113
Location:	LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.:	16120
Dimensions (cm):	1.4x1.2x0.8
Weight (g):	2.245
Meteorite Type:	Eucrite (Brecciated)

Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite
75% of this achondrite's exterior surface has shiny black fusion crust with some white and light gray inclusions visible. The interior is a light, fine grained gray matrix with various sized white and light gray clasts.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
This meteorite is dominated by fine-grained (~200 micron average grain size) basaltic material which occurs as both the host and clasts. Occasional fine-grained clasts up to 1 mm and large individual pyroxene and plagioclase crystals up to 1.5 mm occur. Pyroxene exhibits a range of compositions from approximately Fs_50-64Wo_2-4 to Fs₂₅Wo₄₃, reflecting exsolution, and plagioclase is An_79-93. The Fe/Mn ratio of the pyroxene is ~28. The meteorite is a brecciated eucrite.

Thin Section Images

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Lab Images