Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18309 |
Newsletter | 46,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 25096 |
Dimensions (cm) | 2.9 x 2.6 x 2.0 |
Weight (g) | 24.46 |
Original Classification | H6 CHONDRITE |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 20 | |
Weathering | |
B/Ce | |
Fracturing | |
B/C | |
Macroscopic Description - Curtis Calva | |
The fusion crust is smooth, shiny, and very dark brown with iridescent weathering spots and orange rust. The interior as a dark brown and rusty matrix with dark gray and black inclusions. There are interior fractures with evaporites along them. Metal is present. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |
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