Classification of Ordinary Chondrite Paperwork for Forestburg (b), Sample No. M148.1Show simple item record
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-12T18:11:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-12T18:11:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | n.d. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/63195 | |
| dc.description | Describes appearance of meteorite for petrography, shock classification, modes, and microprobe analyses | |
| dc.relation | Oscar Monnig Papers (MS 124) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph. | |
| dc.source | Series III, Box 06, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX folder | |
| dc.subject | Meteorite | |
| dc.subject | Forestburg meteorite | |
| dc.subject | Forestburg (Tex.) | |
| dc.title | Classification of Ordinary Chondrite Paperwork for Forestburg (b), Sample No. M148.1 | |
| dc.type | Document | |
| dc.description.transcription | CLASSIFICATION OF ORDINARY CHONDRITES Meteorite [Forestburg (b)] Sample No.: [M148.1] PETROGRAPHY CHONDRULE OUTLINES Very Distinct Discernible [Obscure] Non-Existent PRESENCE OF CHONDRULE GLASS Yes [No] [?] PLAGIOCLASE GRAIN SIZE STRIATED (For highly metamorphosed Meteorites] PYROXENE Everywhere Abundant [Rare] [or is it planar fractures???] None MATRIX Opaque [Recrystallized] (Caution: Beware of Weathering) CHONDRULE TYPES [All Present] Some Missing WEATHERING Pigments Patches Veins [very little] METAL [Fresh] Weathering Rims Islands Replaced TROILITE [Fresh Weathering Rims] Islands Replaced OPAQUE GRAIN SIZE (Max) Metal [1 mm] Troilite [1 mm] BRECCIATION [Obvious] Not Obvious UNUSUAL FEATURES [Weird mixture! Many toilet bubble trains] SHOCK CLASSIFICATION OLIVINE Sharp Undulatory [Planar Fractures Mosaicism] Ringwoodite [?] PLAGIOCLASE No effects Undulatory Extinction Maskelynite SHOCK VEINS [Yes] No SHOCK POCKETS Yes [No] Size MODES 3.7 Metal 4.6 Troilite [low because of tiny droplets throughout in the fractures] 0.3 Weathering Products (all in vol.%) 1051 No. of Points MICROPROBE ANALYSES Olivine Fa Avg. o Number of analyses Low-Ca Pyroxene Fs Avg. & o Wo Avg. & o N High-Ca Pyroxene (optional) Fs Wo N |
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