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LaPaz Icefield 031252
Basic information Name: LaPaz Icefield 031252
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: LAP 031252
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Antarctica [Collected by US Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET)]
Mass:help 0.8 g
Classification
  history:
Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter:  AMN 29(2)  (2006)  CM1
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 92  (2007)  CM1
Recommended:  CM1    [explanation]

This is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as CM1.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 1), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites
Comments: Approved 1 Sep 2006
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Writeup from AMN 29(2):
Sample No.: LAP 031252
Location: LaPaz Ice Field
Field No.: 16094
Dimensions (cm):   1.5x1.0x0.5
Weight (g): 0.803
Meteorite Type: CM1 Chondrite


Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride
The exterior is covered with brown/black fusion crust with polygonal fractures.


Thin Section (,2) Description: Tim McCoy
The section consists of a few small chondrules (up to 0.5 mm) that have been completely replaced by phyllosilicate set in an Fe-rich serpentine matrix. No isolated mineral grains or CAIs are apparent; sulfide and carbonate grains are present. Unaltered olivine or pyroxene grains of sufficient size for microprobe analyses were not found. The meteorite is a highly altered CM1 chondrite.

Thin Section Images

Reflected Light
LAP 031252 - Reflected Light



Lab Images

LAP 031252 Image North

Data from:
  MB92
  Table 3
  Line 399:
Mass (g):0.8
Class:CM1
Weathering grade:BE
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References: Published in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 29(2) (2006), JSC, Houston
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 43857 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)

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