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: 1285 g
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
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.