| Pairing |
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| Newsletter |
31,2 |
| Location |
Miller Range |
| Field Number |
17961 |
| Dimensions |
1.5 x 1.0 x 0.75 |
| Weight |
1.368 |
| Original Classification |
Lunar Basaltic Breccia |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride |
| The exterior has no fusion crust and consists of a black matrix with visible clasts. The interior is a black matrix with gray, tan and white clasts. |
| Thin Section
(,3) Description - Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach, Cari Corrigan, and Rhiannon Mayne |
| The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 0.5 mm) with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 2.5 mm. The matrix is extremely fine-grained and shock-darkened and melted in places. The pyroxene compositions range from Fs53Wo7 to Fs28Wo41 with a range of intermediate compositions. Plagioclase is An96 Olivine is Fa41-52 . This meteorite is a basaltic lunar breccia, probably a regolith breccia. Fe/Mn ratio is 38-57. |
