Sample No.: LEW86127; 86134; 86144; 86158; 86207; 86246

Location: Lewis Cliff

Field No.: 3235;3272;3291; 3248;2341;2355

Weight (g): 11.9; 28.9; 11.1; 8.6; 17.7; 2.3

Dimensions (cm): 2.5x2x1; 3.5x3x1.5; 2.5x2x1.5; 2x1x1.5; 2x2x1.5; 1x1xl1

Meteorite Type: L3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: René Martinez and Cecilia Satterwhite

All of these hand-specimens show light and dark chondrules and angular fragments in contrast with a darker, very coherent matrix. Some of the chondrules are rimmed and range from <1 mm to ~4 mm diameter.

Thin Section (LEW86127,2; 86134,3; 86144,2; 86158,2; 86207,3; 86246,2) Description: Brian Mason

These meteorites are very similar in all respects and are possibly paired. The sections show a close-packed aggregate of chondrules and chondrule fragments, up to 3 mm across, in a minimum amount of fine-grained dark matrix which contains a little nickel-iron and troilite. Chondrule types include granular and porphyritic olivine and olivine-pyroxene, barred olivine, and radiating and cryptocrystalline pyroxene. Weathering is extensive, with brown limonitic staining throughout. Microprobe analyses show olivine and

pyroxene with a wide range of composition: olivine, Fa1-29; pyroxene, Fs1-21. The low content of nickel-iron suggests L group, and the wide range of olivine and pyroxene compositions type 3; thus these meteorites are tentatively classified as L3 chondrites (estimated L3.5).