| Pairing |
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| Newsletter |
31,2 |
| Location |
Miller Range |
| Field Number |
18637 |
| Dimensions |
4.0 x 2.0 x 3.0 |
| Weight |
29.38 |
| Original Classification |
Howardite |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride |
| The exterior has 40% dark brown to black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. Interior that is exposed is tan with numerous inclusions of various shapes, sizes and colors. The interior is a light gray matrix with cream colored inclusions <3 mm in size, tiny black specks and a couple of rusty places. |
| Thin Section
(,4) Description - Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach, Cari Corrigan, and Rhiannon Mayne |
| The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 1 mm) with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 1 mm. There appear to be a number of impact melt fragments. Orthopyroxene ranges from Fs21-61Wo1-4 (most Fs20-30), and augite ranges up to Fs21Wo41 and olivine of Fa10-12. The meteorite is a howardite. |
