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LaPaz Icefield 031214 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: LaPaz Icefield 031214 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LAP 031214 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites classified as CM1/2. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 1), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from AMN 29(1):
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride Thick purple-black fusion crust covers 40% of the exterior. Polygonal fractures are visible. The interior is a dark gray to black matrix with an oxidation rind. Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach The sections consist of a few isolated mineral grains in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa1-41. The meteorite is a CM chondrite and is intermediate between type 1 and type 2.
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Data from: MB91 Table 4 Line 627: |
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References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(1) (2006), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 91, MAPS 42, 413-466 (2007)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44048 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) |