Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18225 |
Newsletter | 44,2 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 25400 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.5 x 2.3 x 2.5 |
Weight (g) | 32.02 |
Original Classification | L5 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 26;Ferrosilite (mol%): 21 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Curtis Calva | |
65% of the exterior is covered in smooth dark brown fusion crust that is rusty with iridescent weathering spots and evaporites. The exposed interior is rusty gray with white inclusions. The interior has a light gray matrix with white and dark inclusions about a mm in size. There are rusty patches with metal and a few fractures. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published |
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