Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18257 |
Newsletter | 46,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24507 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.6 x 3.5 x 3.6 |
Weight (g) | 60.66 |
Original Classification | H4 CHONDRITE |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 18;Ferrosilite (mol%): 16 | |
Weathering | |
B/C | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Curtis Calva | |
The exterior has a smooth but pitted dark brown fusion crust. The exposed interior is rusty dark brown with dark gray inclusions up to 1 mm in size. The interior has a large gray matrix with areas of that are dark orange-brown with metal. The sample is friable. There are black inclusions up to 1 mm in size. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |
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