Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | LAR 06628 |
| Newsletter | 31,2 |
| Location | Larkman Nunatak |
| Field Number | 19309 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 3.75 x 3.0 x 2.75 |
| Weight (g) | 27.04 |
| Original Classification | CV3 Chondrite |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 0-3;Ferrosilite (mol%): 0-1 | |
| Weathering | |
| B/Ce | |
| Fracturing | |
| A/B | |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
| 10% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite has vesicular black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior is black with evaporites and an oxidation rind. Millimeter sized gray chondrules are visible. | |
| Thin Section Description (,3) - Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach | |
| The section exhibits chondrules (up to 1 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa0-3 and pyroxenes from Fs0-1. 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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