Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | GRA 98046 |
Newsletter | 23,1 |
Location | Graves Nunataks |
Field Number | 11849 |
Dimensions (cm) | 8.0 x 7.0 x 5.5 |
Weight (g) | 657.60 |
Original Classification | L6 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 24;Ferrosilite (mol%): 20 | |
Weathering | |
C | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
These meteorites have very small patches of thinly distributed brown/black fusion crust (<2%). The interiors are rusty with some yellow and gray patches of matrix visible. Fractured. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Tim McCoy | |
These meteorites are L6 chondrites (Fa24, Fs20) with areas of shock-melt, including rounded metal-sulfide blebs. |
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