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Larkman Nunatak 04382
Basic information Name: Larkman Nunatak 04382
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAR 04382
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 43.7 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 30(2)  (2007)  H3
Recommended:  H3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 627 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 31 Aug 2007
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Writeup from AMN 30(2):
Sample No.: LAR 04382
Location: Larkman Nunatak
Field No.: 15597
Dimensions (cm):   4.5 x 1.75 x 3.0
Weight (g): 43.664
Meteorite Type:

H3 Chondrite



Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
95% of the exterior is covered with dull brown/black fusion crust. The interior is a black matrix with numerous chondrules of various sizes and colors. This meteorite is hard.

Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy, Lauren LaCroix and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits numerous small, well-defined chondrules (up to 1.2 mm) in a black matrix of fine-grained silicates, metal and troilite. Weak shock effects and weathering are present. Silicates are unequilibrated; olivines range from Fa6-30 and pyroxenes from Fs1-13. The meteorite is an H3 chondrite (estimated subtype 3.4).



Thin Section Images

Plane-Polarized
Light LAR 04382		 Cross Polarized Light
LAR 04382
LAR04382 - Plane-Polarized Light LAR04382 - Cross Polarized Light



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LAR 04382

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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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JSC A photo is in the write-up above
Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 40719 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names)

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