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Larkman Nunatak 04364

Basic information

Name: Larkman Nunatak 04364
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAR 04364
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass: 5.8 g

Classification
history:

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:	AMN 30(2)	(2007)	CV3
	AMN 46(1)	(2023)	CVoxA3.7
Recommended:			CVoxA3.7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as CVoxA3.7. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 31 Aug 2007
Revised 27 Mar 2024: Reclassified in AMN 46(1)

Writeup

Writeup from AMN 30(2):

Sample No.:	LAR 04364
Location:	Larkman Nunatak
Field No.:	15485
Dimensions (cm):	2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0
Weight (g):	5.823
Meteorite Type:	CV3 Chondrite

Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
40% black fusion crust with polygonal fractures covers the exterior. The interior is a weathered black matrix with evaporites and gray chondrules.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits large chondrules (up to 3 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa_1-36, with most Fa_1-5. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3.

Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized Light LAR 04364	Cross Polarized Light LAR 04364

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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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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photographs from AMN:
JSC	A photo is in the write-up above

Geography:

Antarctica

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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