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LaPaz Icefield 02302
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 02302
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 02302
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 7.9 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 27(3)  (2004)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  CM2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 635 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
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Writeup from AMN 27(3):
Sample No.: LAP 02269; LAP 02302; LAP 02308; LAP 02348
Location: LaPaz Icefield
Field No.: 15440; 15444; 15403; 15534
Dimensions (cm):   4.5x3.0x2.0
3.0x2.0x1.5
4.5x2.5x2.0
2.0x2.0x1.5
Weight (g): 24.239; 7.859; 14.145; 6.862
Meteorite Type: CM2 Chondrite
   
LAP02269 LAP02302
LAP02308 LAP02348

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
These CM2 chondrites have purplish black fusion crust on the surface. The interior is a black matrix with millimeter sized inclusions of various colors including white, crème, gray and black.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Cari Corrigan
The sections consists of a few small chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; sulfide and carbonate grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa0-34, with a peak at Fa0-2, and orthopyroxene is Fs1. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine; chondrules are relatively unaltered. The meteorites are CM2 chondrites.

LAP 02269 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 02269 - Plane-Polarized Light LAP 02302 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 02302 - Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02269
Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02269
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02302
Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02302
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02308 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 02308 - Plane-Polarized Light LAP 02348 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 02348 - Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02308
Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02308
Plane-Polarized Light
LAP 02348
Cross-Polarized Light
LAP 02348
Plane-Polarized Light

Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 112:
Mass (g):7.86
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:B/C
Fayalite (mol%):1-34
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(3) (2004), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photograph from unknown source A photo is in the write-up above
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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