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LaPaz Icefield 02206
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 02206
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 02206
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 1285 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 26(2)  (2003)  CV3
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  CV3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CV3
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 46(1)  (2023)  CVoxA3.7
Recommended:  CVoxA3.7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as CVoxA3.7.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites
Comments: Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1)
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Writeup from AMN 26(2):
Sample No.: LAP 02206; LAP 02228
Location: LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.: 15504; 15409
Dimensions (cm):   9.5x7.5x8.0
7.25x5.0x5.0
Weight (g): 1284.60; 335.80
Meteorite Type: CV3 Chondrite
    LAP02206 LAP02228

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exteriors of these meteorites are covered with a rough, black fusion with polygonal fractures. The interior reveals a medium to dark gray matrix with white, irregularly shaped inclusions. A few dark crystalline clasts are present. Chrondrules are mm sized and are gray or rust in color.

Thin Section (,5) Description: Tim McCoy, Linda Welzenbach

LAP 02206 - Plane-Polarized Light LAP 02206 - Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02206
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02206
Cross-Polarized Light
The sections are so similar that a single description suffices. The sections exhibit large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix with minor metal and sulfide. Olivines range from Fa0-45, with many Fa0-5, and pyroxenes from Fs0-2. The meteorites are CV3 chondrites.


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LAP 02228 - Plane-Polarized Light LAP 02228 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 02228 - Plane-Polarized Light LAP 02228 - Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02228
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02228
Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02228
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02228
Cross-Polarized Light
Data from:
  MB88
  Table A1
  Line 3:
Mass (g):1284.6
Class:CV3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):0-46
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-2
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 26(2) (2003), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA         
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (86° 22'S, 70° 0'W)

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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