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30,2 |
Location |
LaPaz Ice Field |
Field Number |
17684 |
Dimensions (cm) |
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 |
Weight (g) |
7.14 |
Original Classification |
H5 Chondrite |
Fayalite (mol%): 19;Ferrosilite (mol%): 17 |
B/C |
B |
75% brown/black fusion crust with oxidation haloes covers the exterior of this ordinary chondrite. The interior is a fine grained black to dark gray matrix. |
The meteorite is an H5 chondrite (Fa19, Fs17) with a several mm wide shock vein with rounded blebs of metal and sulfide and moderately abundant clasts of single mineral grains. The unmelted host is severely shock blackened. |