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Sample Number MIL 07010
Pairing
Newsletter 31,2
Location Miller Range
Field Number 14261
Dimensions 10.0 x 7.0 x 7.5
Weight 1528.76
Original Classification L Chondrite (Impact Melt)
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
The dark, rusty gray exterior of this meteorite has no fusion crust and has a smooth, fractured surface with tiny pits. The interior is rusty.
Thin Section (,4) Description - Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of a matrix of individual mineral fragments up to 100 microns in a melt-textured matrix with rounded to ellipsoidal metal-sulfide blebs. Olivine is Fa24, pyroxene is Fs20. The meteorite is an L chondrite impact melt breccia.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample MIL 07010
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