Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | LAR 04364 |
| Newsletter | 30,2 |
| Location | Larkman Nunatak |
| Field Number | 15485 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 |
| Weight (g) | 5.82 |
| Original Classification | CV3 Chondrite |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 1-36 | |
| Weathering | |
| Ce | |
| Fracturing | |
| B | |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
| 40% black fusion crust with polygonal fractures covers the exterior. The interior is a weathered black matrix with evaporites and gray chondrules. | |
| Thin Section Description (,2) - Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix, Linda Welzenbach | |
| The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa1-36, with most Fa1-5. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3. | |
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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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