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LaPaz Icefield 03822
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 03822
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 03822
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 1.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 29(2)  (2006)  L-metal
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  L-metal
Recommended:  L-metal    [explanation]

This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as L-metal.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Metal-rich meteorites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
Writeuphelp
Writeup from AMN 29(2):
Sample No.: LAP 03822; LAP 03824; LAP 031321
Location: LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.: 16778; 16964; 16649
Dimensions (cm):   1.0x0.5x0.75; 1.0x0.75x0.5; 1.0x0.5x0.5
Weight (g): 1.732; 1.454; 1.309
Meteorite Type: L Chondrite Metal


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
Exteriors have a brown/black fusion crust with oxidation. All of these appear to have high iron content and resembles metal.


Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
These meteorites are so similar that a single description suffices. All three are cm-sized meteorites comprised of 80-95+% metal displaying Neumann bands and mm-sized inclusions of silicates. The silicates sometimes exhibit relict chondrules. Silicates are homogeneous (Fa24, Fs20). These appear to be anomalously large metal particles separated from an L chondrite.



Thin Section Images

Reflected Light
LAP 03822
Reflected Light
LAP 03824
Reflected Light
LAP 031321
LAP 03822 - Reflected Light
<a href=LAP 03824 - Reflected Light"> <a href=LAP 031321 - Reflected Light">



Lab Images

LAP 03822 and 03824 Image North
<a href=LAP 031321 Image North" border="0">

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 275:
Mass (g):1.7
Class:L-metal
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):24
Ferrosilite (mol%):20
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44400 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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