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LaPaz Icefield 03587
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 03587
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 03587
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 130.2 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 28(1)  (2005)  Ureilite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 630 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
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Writeup from AMN 28(1):
Sample No.: LAP 03587
Location: LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.: 16871
Dimensions (cm):   6.0x4.5x3.0
Weight (g): 130.24
Meteorite Type: Ureilite
LAP03587 LAP03587
LAP03587  
   

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
40% of the exterior has thick brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The exposed interior is weathered brown and friable, appearing like rounded lumps. The interior reveals a dark gray matrix with angular, interlocking mineral grains with rounded lighter gray inclusions. Small rust haloes and fractures are visible.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy

LAP 03587 - Cross-Polarized Light LAP 03587 - Plane-Polarized Light
Cross-Polarized Light Plane-Polarized Light
The section consists of an aggregate of large olivine and pyroxene grains up to 2 mm across. Individual olivine grains are rimmed by carbon-rich material containing traces of metal. Shock effects in olivine are minor; pyroxenes exhibit mosaicism. Olivine has cores of Fa25, with rims reduced to Fa10. Pigeonite is Fs14-20,Wo8-10. The meteorite is a ureilite.
Data from:
  MB89
  Table A1
  Line 236:
Origin or pseudonym:Paradise Palms
Mass (g):130.24
Class:Ure
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):10-25
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 28(1) (2005), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Dr Carlton Allen, JSC-KT, NASA         
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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