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| Basic information | Name: Lewis Cliff 87148 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LEW 87148 Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  42.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 620 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Field number: 4410 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 12(1):
Sample No.: LEW 87148 Location: Lewis Cliff Weight(g): 42.5 Field No.: 4410 Dimensions (cm): 4.5x3x2 Meteorite Type: C2 Chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Cecilia Satterwhite This carbonaceous chondrite's exterior is covered by black fractured fusion crust which is shiny and frothy in some areas and dull in others. The interior is black with small (<0.5 cm) cream colored clasts. Along the edges there are evaporites.
Thin Section (,2). Description: Brian Mason About 80% of the section consists of black matrix; chondrules and mineral grains being small and sparse. No troilite or nickel-iron was seen. Most of the chondrules and mineral grains are olivine, usually close to Mg2SiO4 in composition; pyroxene is rare. The meteorite is a C2 chondrite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 3718: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 12(1) (1989), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43840 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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