Name: Larkman Nunatak 06299 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LAR 06299 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 752 g
Note, that the weight of this sample in the following text was shown incorrectly between Sept. 8, 2008 and Jan. 30, 2010, as 2751.922 g, which was not what was listed in AMN 31(2). The correct text appears below.
The exteriors of these meteorites are rough, blackish in color with a few oxidation halos. There are some smooth areas that are lighter or more grayish in color than the rougher areas. Very small patches of rough, black fusion crust are present. The interiors are dark gray matrix with vesicles.
Thin Section (,2) Description - Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The sections are so similar that a single description suffices. They consist of a matrix of individual mineral fragments up to 100 microns in a melt-textured matrix with rounded to ellipsoidal metal-sulfide blebs. LAR 06298 also exhibits larger (up to several mm) unmelted chondritic fragments with rare relict barred olivine chondrules. Olivine is Fa29, pyroxene is Fs23. The meteorites are LL chondrite impact melt breccias.
752 g
