Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | LAR 06674 |
Newsletter | 32,2 |
Location | Larkman Nunatak |
Field Number | 19567 |
Dimensions (cm) | 4.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 |
Weight (g) | 31.24 |
Original Classification | LL3.8 Chondrite |
Pairing | LAR 06301; LAR 06674 |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 14-33;Ferrosilite (mol%): 14-2 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
B | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride, Cecilia Satterwhite | |
The exteriors have brown/black fusion crust with oxidation haloes and chondrules/inclusions visible. Areas without fusion crust are a rusty orange brown. The interiors are rusty black with abundant white/gray/weathered inclusions/chondrules and metal. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach | |
The sections exhibit numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.5 mm) and occasional melt clasts in a matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is abundant. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa11-33 and pyroxenes from Fs6-34. The meteorites are LL3 chondrites (estimated subtype 3.8). |
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample LAR 06674 | ||||
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