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LaPaz Icefield 04552
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 04552
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 04552
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 11.4 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 30(2)  (2007)  CM2
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  CM2
Recommended:  CM2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 31 Aug 2007
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Writeup from AMN 30(2):
Sample No.: LAP 04552
Location: LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.: 17407
Dimensions (cm):   2.0 x 2.0 x 1.5
Weight (g): 11.417
Meteorite Type:

CM2 Chondrite



Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior has a dull black fractured fusion crust. The interior is a black matrix with evaporites and light colored chondrules.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of a few small chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Chondrules are elongated as a result of flattening due to shock. Olivine compositions are Fa1-39, orthopyroxene is Fs1-5. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.



Thin Section Images

Reflected Light
LAP 04552
LAP04552 - Reflected Light



Lab Images

LAP 04552

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 4
  Line 99:
Mass (g):11.417
Class:CM2
Weathering grade:C
Fayalite (mol%):1-39
Ferrosilite (mol%):1-5
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 30(2) (2007), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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