| Newsletter |
26,1 |
| Location |
Meteorite Hills |
| Field Number |
13504 |
| Dimensions (cm) |
3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 |
| Weight (g) |
9.08 |
| Original Classification |
CM2 Chondrite |
| Pairing |
MET 00431; MET 001012; MET 00433; MET 00434; MET 00435; MET 00630; MET 00632; MET 00633; MET 00635; MET 00639; MET 00781; MET 00810 |
| Fayalite (mol%): 1-30;Ferrosilite (mol%): 1-5 |
| A |
| B |
| The exteriors of these carbonaceous chondrites are black with small patches of purplish colored fusion crust. The interiors are a black, platy or shale like matrix with small (< 1 mm) white specks. |
| We tentatively describe these as paired given their find sites in a linear array ~4 km in length. The MET 0063X meteorites exhibit the shaly texture seen in other MET 00 meteorites, particularly the MET 00431 grouping (AMN Vol. 24, #2), with which these are spatially associated. The sections consist of a few small, unaltered chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix. Olivine compositions are Fa0-41; orthopyroxene is Fs1-7. The meteorites are CM2 chondrites. |
