Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 07010 |
Newsletter | 31,2 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 14261 |
Dimensions (cm) | 10.0 x 7.0 x 7.5 |
Weight (g) | 1528.76 |
Original Classification | L Chondrite (Impact Melt) |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 24;Ferrosilite (mol%): 20 | |
Weathering | |
B/C | |
Fracturing | |
B/C | |
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride | |
The dark, rusty gray exterior of this meteorite has no fusion crust and has a smooth, fractured surface with tiny pits. The interior is rusty. | |
Thin Section Description (,4) - Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach | |
The section consists of a matrix of individual mineral fragments up to 100 microns in a melt-textured matrix with rounded to ellipsoidal metal-sulfide blebs. Olivine is Fa24, pyroxene is Fs20. The meteorite is an L chondrite impact melt breccia. |
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References for Sample MIL07010 | |
RELAB, , Reflectance Experiment Lab , catalogue of samples. |