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Weight:
2.422 g
Place:
Antarctica
Collection Date:
2002
Notes:
# NASA data for MAC 02497 Weathering: B/C Fracturing: B/C Fa: 23 mol % Fs: 20 mol %
Chocolate brown fusion crust covers ~75% of the exterior surface. The meteorite has a rough appearance. The interior is a dark gray, fine-grained crystalline matrix with a lot of rust and some fractures. It has a high metal content and a few gray clasts are visible.