Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | GRO 17060 |
| Newsletter | 44,1 |
| Location | Grosvenor Mountains |
| Field Number | 25638 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 6.6 x 5.0 x 4.5 |
| Weight (g) | 216.10 |
| Original Classification | CR2 CHONDRITE |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 1;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-14 | |
| Weathering | |
| B | |
| Fracturing | |
| A/B | |
| Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite | |
| The exterior has 85% black/brown fusion crust with fractures and oxidation haloes. Some areas are rusty. The interior is a black matrix with white and weathered specks, minor oxidation throughout. | |
| Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
| The section exhibits mm-sized, well-defined, metal rich chondrules and CAI’s in a dark matrix of phyllosilicate. Weathering is locally extensive. Silicates are unequilibrated; one olivine analysis was Fa1, and pyroxenes formed two groupings at averages of Fs1Wo0.2 and Fs12Wo1. The meteorite is a CR2 chondrite. | |
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| Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah | ||||
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