Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 13169 |
Newsletter | 40,1 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 23775 |
Dimensions (cm) | 1.0 x 2.2 x 0.5 |
Weight (g) | 2.01 |
Original Classification | CM2 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 0-67 | |
Weathering | |
Be | |
Fracturing | |
A/B | |
Macroscopic Description - Rachel Funk | |
Jet black fusion crust covers 40% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite. Minor amounts of evaporites are visible and the exposed interior is black in color. The interior is a black matrix with white inclusions. | |
Thin Section Description (,2) - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy, Nicole Lunning | |
The section consists of abundant small (up to 1 mm) chondrules, and mineral fragments in a dark matrix. Rare sulfides occur within the matrix. Olivine ranges in composition from Fa0-67, with two clusters with ranges of Fa27-67 and of Fa0-2. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite. |
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