Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | EET 16100 |
Newsletter | 40,2 |
Location | Elephant Moraine |
Field Number | 24485 |
Dimensions (cm) | 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.0 |
Weight (g) | 3.60 |
Original Classification | CM1 Chondrite |
Weathering | |
Ae | |
Fracturing | |
B/C | |
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk | |
45% of rock is covered by black, fractured fusion crust with evaporites. Fusion crust is vesicular in some areas. The exposed surface is black and fractured. The interior is a jet black matrix with evaporites. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The section consists of small (up to 0.5 mm) completely altered chondrules set in an altered matrix. Rare sulfide grains are present. No unaltered mafic silicates remain. A few rare calcite grains were encountered. The meteorite is a CM1 chondrite. |
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