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| Basic information | Name: Lewis Cliff 86006 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LEW 86006 Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass:  0.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Field number: 3478 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from AMN 10(2):
Sample No.: LEW86006 Location: Lewis Cliff Weight (g): 0.8 Field No.: 3478 Dimensions (cm): 1.0 x 0.5 x 0.5 Meteorite Type: C3V Chondrite
Macroscopic Description: Roberta Score, Forty percent of LEW86006 is covered by dull black fusion crust. Dark gray matrix with some irregularly shaped white inclusions makes up the interior of this stone. Oxidation is apparent.
Thin Section (,3) Description: Brian Mason This very small section (5 x 3 mm) shows several chondrules, up to 1.5 mm across, and some irregular granular aggregates in a very fine-grained translucent brown matrix. The chondrules consist mainly of olivine, some with polysynthetically twinned clinopyroxene. Fusion crust is present along one edge. Microprobe analyses give olivine compositions ranging from Fa0 to Fa27, with a mean of Fa6; pyroxene compositions range from Fs0 to Fs5. The matrix appears to consist largely of fine-grained iron-rich olivine (Fa40-50). The meteorite is tentatively identified as a C3V chondrite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB76 Table 2 Line 3049: |
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| References: | Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 10(2) (1987), JSC, Houston Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 76, Meteoritics 29, 100-143 (1994)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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