Name: Meteorite Hills 96503 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MET 96503 Observed fall: No Year found: 1996 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 404 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
100% of the exterior of this ordinary chondrite is covered with brown/black fusion crust and a rough surface with polygonal fractures. The exterior is striated in some areas. The interior is a dark gray matrix with numerous rusty chondrules up to 2 mm in diameter. Metal grains are present. There are also small irregular shaped dark inclusions.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section exhibits numerous large, well-defined chondrules (up to 2 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates and weathered metal and troilite. Weak shock effects are present. Polysynthetically twinned pyroxene is extremely abundant. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa7-32. The meteorite is probably an L3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.6).