Name: Larkman Nunatak 06628 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: LAR 06628 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)] Mass: 27 g
10% of the exterior of this carbonaceous chondrite has vesicular black fusion crust with polygonal fractures. The interior is black with evaporites and an oxidation rind. Millimeter sized gray chondrules are visible.
Thin Section (,3) Description - Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach
The section exhibits chondrules (up to 1 mm) and CAIs in a dark matrix. Olivines range from Fa0-3 and pyroxenes from Fs0-1. The meteorite is an unequilibrated carbonaceous chondrite, probably a CV3.