Sample Petrographic Description
| Sample Number | MET 00429 |
| Newsletter | 25,2 |
| Location | Meteorite Hills |
| Field Number | 13738 |
| Dimensions (cm) | 3.0 x 2.0 x 2.5 |
| Weight (g) | 30.49 |
| Original Classification | CV3 Chondrite |
| Pairing | MET 00429; MET 00430 |
| Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
| Fayalite (mol%): 1-28;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-3 | |
| Weathering | |
| B | |
| Fracturing | |
| B | |
| Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
| 25% of the exteriors have brown fusion crust exhibiting polygonal fractures. The interiors are a charcoal gray matrix with white, light gray and rust colored chondrules, 1-3 mm in diameter. The meteorites are moderately hard. | |
| Thin Section Description (,2) - Gretchen Benedix, Linda Welzenbach, Tim McCoy | |
| The sections exhibit large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa0-28 and pyroxenes from Fs0-3. The meteorites are CV3 chondrites. | |
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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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| References for Sample MET00429 | |
| Rochette, P., Kohout, T., Pesonen, L., Quirico, E., Sagnotti, L., Skripnik, A., Gattacceca, J., Bonal, L., Bourot-Denise, M., Chevrier, V., Clerc, J. P., Consolmagno, G., Folco, L., Gounelle, M., 2008, Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 2. Non-ordinary chondrites. , Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43 , 959-980 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01092.x . | |