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Place:
Antarctica
Collection Date:
2002
Notes:
# NASA data for MAC 02535 Weathering: B/Ce Fracturing: B Fa: 0-52 mol % Fs: 0-1 mol %
Black, purple tinged, polygonally fractured fusion crust covers 90% of this carbonaceous chondrite. The interior is black, friable and weathered with white and rust stained inclusions.
The section consists of a few small shock flattened chondrules (up to 1 mm), mineral grains and CAIs set in a black matrix; rare metal and sulfide grains are present. Olivine compositions are Fa₀₋₅₂, with a peak at Fa₀₋₂; orthopyroxene is Fs₀₋₁. The matrix consists dominantly of an Fe-rich serpentine. The meteorite is a CM2 chondrite.
