Sample Petrographic Description
Sample Number | DOM 18516 |
Newsletter | 47,1 |
Location | Dominion Range |
Field Number | 24503 |
Dimensions (cm) | 3.9 x 2.0 x 1.2 |
Weight (g) | 16.38 |
Original Classification | L6 Chondrite |
Mineral Composition (%Fa & %Fs) | |
Fayalite (mol%): 23;Ferrosilite (mol%): 20 | |
Weathering | |
B/C | |
Fracturing | |
A | |
Macroscopic Description - Cecilia Satterwhite | |
40% of the exterior has black fusion crust with yellow brown exposed matrix, a few inclusions/chondrules are visible. the interior is mostly weathered with some gray patches of matrix, rust, metal, black vein and mm sized inclusions/chondrules most weathered. | |
Thin Section Description - | |
No description published. |