Expedition:

Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)  Search this

Weight:

3.401 g

Place:

Antarctica

Collection Date:

1985

Notes:

# NASA data for ALH 85012 Weathering: Be Fracturing: B Pairing: ALH 85005 Fa: 0.5-18 mol % Fs: 0.7-46 mol %

Thick fusion crust is present on some of these carbonaceous chondrite fragments and not on others. All specimens have small (<1 mm) white rounded and irregular inclusions set in a fine-grained black matrix. Each fragment of ALH85012 has small amounts of evaporite deposit present. Visible oxidation is minor.

Record Last Modified:

16 Oct 2024

Specimen Count:

1

USNM Number:

USNM 6794

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Data Source:

NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385fd1827-75b8-46ed-8f0b-ab291e9d0480

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhmineralsciences_1025219