Name: LaPaz Icefield 031308 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LAP 031308 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 8.7 g
Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
This H chondrite has a rough brown interior which crumbles easily.
Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy and Valerie Reynolds
The meteorite exhibits an area with microcrystalline silicate matrix including rounded metal-sulfide blebs reaching 20 microns, as well as relict grains, chondrules and clasts reaching up to a few mm that are highly-shocked with local metal-sulfide redistribution. Mafic silicate compositions (Fa19, Fs17) indicate H chondrite parentage and texture suggests it is an impact melt breccia. Pairing with the LAP 031173 group is possible.