Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18283 |
Newsletter | 46,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24964 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 |
Weight (g) | 40.19 |
Original Classification | L5 CHONDRITE |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 25;Ferrosilite (mol%): 21 | |
Weathering | |
B/Ce | |
Fracturing | |
B/C | |
Macroscopic Description - Curtis Calva | |
The exterior has a smooth and shiny fusion crust that is a rusty orange-brown with evaporites and fractures. There are large rusty orange spots covering half of the fusion crust. The interior has a rusty, black matrix with white inclusions up to 1 mm and metal. There are internal fractures that are rusty. There is a large metal chunk that is 5 mm in size. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |
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