| Pairing |
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| Newsletter |
32,2 |
| Location |
Graves Nunataks |
| Field Number |
17765 |
| Dimensions |
3.4 x 3.0 x 2.0 |
| Weight |
36.98 |
| Original Classification |
L3.5 Chondrite |
| Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite |
| 85% of this ordinary chondrite‘s exterior is covered with brown/black fusion crust with some oxidation. The interior is a dark gray to black matrix with abundant chondrules and inclusions of various sizes and colors. |
| Thin Section
(,2) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach |
| The section exhibits numerous large (up to 2 mm), well-defined chondrules in a dark matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Staining from weathering is pervasive. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa7-35 and pyroxenes from Fs2-5. The meteorite is an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.5). |
