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| Basic information | Name: Lewis Cliff 88366 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LEW 88366 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  3.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Field number: 4521 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 14(1):
Sample No: LEW88366 Location: Lewis Cliff Field Number: 4521 Dimensions (cm): 2 x 1.7 x 0.5 Weight (g): 3.6 Meteorite Type: LL3 chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Robbie Marlow Dull black fusion crust totally encases LEW88366. Many dark and light colored weathered inclusions are visible in the dark matrix of this small specimen.
Thin Section Description: Brian Mason The section shows an aggregate of chondrules and chondrule fragments, up to 2.4 mm across, in a small amount of finely granular matrix consisting of olivine and pyroxene with 1-2% of troilite and nickel iron. The section is rimmed with will-preserved fusion crust. Weathering is slight, indicated by minor brown limonitic staining. Microprobe analyses show olivine, Fa1-19, mean Fa14 (CV FeO is 56); pyroxene, Fs2-21, The very small amount of nickel-iron suggests LL group, and the variability of olivine and pyroxene compositions type 3, hence the meteorite is classified as an LL3 chondrite (estimated LL3.4).
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 14(1) (1991), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 40753 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 4494 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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