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33,1 |
Location |
Dominion Range |
Field Number |
17134 |
Dimensions (cm) |
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.0 |
Weight (g) |
173.22 |
Original Classification |
LL Chondrite (Impt Melt) |
Fayalite (mol%): 30;Ferrosilite (mol%): 25 |
Be |
A/B |
80% of the exterior is covered with brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures and evaporates. The interior has a medium gray matrix with lighter gray clasts that range in size from 0.5 – 1.5 mm. |
This 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. It also exhibits larger (up to several mm) unmelted chondritic fragments with relict barred olivine and radial pyroxene chondrules. Olivine is Fa30, pyroxene is Fs25. This meteorite is an LL chondrite impact melt breccia. |