Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 13037 |
Newsletter | 40,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 22692 |
Dimensions (cm) | 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.1 |
Weight (g) | 0.16 |
Original Classification | CM1 Chondrite |
Weathering | |
A/Be | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite, Tim McCoy | |
Exterior has some black fusion crust and small patch of gray matrix visible on one surface. The meteorite exhibits a brown core in a rim of fusion crust. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
This section bisects the center of the main mass of this meteorite. It consists of a core (~3.5 x 1.5 mm) consisting of completely altered chondrules set in an altered matrix. Rare small sulfide grains are present. No unaltered mafic silicates remain. This core is completely rimmed by a 1-2 mm thick, highly vesicular fusion crust. The meteorite is a CM1 chondrite. |
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