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Larkman Nunatak 06605
Basic information Name: Larkman Nunatak 06605
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAR 06605
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 34.6 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 32(2)  (2009)  Acapulcoite/Lodranite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 98  (2010)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Acapulcoite/Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites classified as Acapulcoite/Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 4 Sep 2009
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Writeup from AMN 32(2):
Sample Number LAR 06605
Pairing
Newsletter 32,2
Location Location:Larkman Nunatak
Field Number 19815
Dimensions 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5
Weight 34.61
Original Classification Acapulcoite-Lodranite
Macroscopic Description - Kathleen McBride
The exterior has some rusty brown patches of fusion crust. The interior has a crystalline, granular texture with yellow and green to olive green grains interspersed within a mass of root beer colored matrix.
Thin Section (,4) Description - Cari Corrigan, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section consists of an equigranular aggregate of olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, and metal with minor sulfide and chromite, with an average grain size of 0.5 mm. Plagioclase occurs interstitially to mafic silicates. Olivine (Fa12) and pyroxene (Fs12) are homogeneous. The meteorite is a transitional member of the acapulcoite-lodranite clan, similar to EET 84302 and GRA 95209.
Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample LAR 06605
LAR 06605 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing North View  LAR 06605 Meteorite Sample Photograph   LAR 06605 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Bottom View  LAR 06605 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Bottom View 
LAR 06605 Meteorite Sample Photograph Showing Top View  LAR 06605 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 2.5x magnification in Plane-Polarized Light  LAR 06605 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 2.5x magnification in Cross-Polarized Light  LAR 06605 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 5x magnification in Plane-Polarized Light 
LAR 06605 Meteorite Thin Section Photo with 5x magnification in Cross-Polarized Light 
Data from:
  MB98
  Table 2
  Line 161:
Mass (g):34.6
Class:Lodranite
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):12
Ferrosilite (mol%):12
Classifier:SI
Type spec location:JSC, SI
Main mass:JSC
Comments:Fracturing B
Institutions
   and collections		 JSC: Mailcode XI, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 28 Jul 2022)
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012)
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 32(2) (2009), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 98, MAPS 45, 1530-1551 (2010)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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