Bob's Bulletin
A newsletter for "orphaned" meteorites from the USA.
| Field ID Number | C070623A |
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| Newsletter | 01-2 |
| Location | California, USA |
| Thin-section ID Number | V076 |
| Dimensions | 1cm x 1cm x 1cm |
| Weight | 1.2 grams |
| Type Specimen | 0.2 gram endcut - plus thin-section |
| Class | Ordinary Chondrite |
| high (very likely above "W4") | |
| low (most likely below "S3") | |
| Macroscopic Description -- R. Verish | |
| The exterior of this ordinary chondrite has dark brown fusion crust. The interior is a dark brown matrix with low metal content and the chondrules and inclusions are of various sizes. | |
| Thin Section Description -- R. Verish | |
| The section exhibits a variety of chondule sizes (up to 2 mm), and most are poorly-defined in a dark-brown matrix of fine-grained silicates, troilite and rare metal. The meteorite is highly weathered. Very weak mosaic shock effects are present. Silicates are equilibrated (plagioclase grains average 40 µm in size). This meteorite is probably an equilbrated H-chondrite. | |
USA Orphaned Meteorite Images for Specimen ID# C070623A
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