Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | MIL 15114 |
Newsletter | 39,2 |
Location | Miller Range |
Field Number | 24176 |
Dimensions (cm) | 4.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 |
Weight (g) | 55.06 |
Original Classification | Pallasite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 12-13 | |
Weathering | |
B | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Tim McCoy | |
The irregular specimen is roughly equidimensional 3 cm on a side. While much of the surface is metal which has been stained by terrestrial iron oxides mixed with olivines, irregular indentations ranging from 0.5 – 1.5 cm are common. | |
Thin Section Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy | |
The section consists of rounded olivine grains up to ~5 mm set in a matrix of metal with swathing kamacite and areas of zoned taenite with plessitic cores. Large schreibersites are present. The olivine is Fa12-13. The meteorite is a pallasite. |
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