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40,2 |
Location |
Elephant Moraine |
Field Number |
24625 |
Dimensions (cm) |
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.0 |
Weight (g) |
4.07 |
Original Classification |
Howardite |
Ferrosilite (mol%): 25-52 |
A |
A/B |
75% of rock is covered by black, glassy fusion crust. One side of rock is completely void of fusion crust. The exposed surface is gray with white and beige clasts. The interior is a light gray matrix with beige clasts (up to 3 mm in size) and white clasts (up to 1 mm in size). |
The section shows a groundmass of comminuted pyroxene and plagioclase (up to 0.5 mm) with fine- to coarse-grained basaltic clasts ranging up to 3 mm. Most of the pyroxene is orthopyroxene with compositions ranging from Fs25-52Wo2-3 and feldspar An95Or0.3. The meteorite is a howardite. Possible pairing with EET 87512 should be considered. |