CAMPIONE METEORITE - METEORITE SAMPLE

Name MacKay Glacier 14001
Abbreviation MCY 14001
Observed fall No
Place of Recovery Mackay Glacier, Antarctica
Country ANTARCTICA
Italian Antarctic Expedition 30
Latitude 77° 14' 5'' S
Longitude 158° 7' 36'' E
Findsite remarks
Field description 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm angular shape, uncrusted, dark colour
Find date (dd/mm/yyyy) 14/1/2015
Finder NAVA J.
Original Mass (g) 1.3
Mass at MNA (g) 1.14
Thin section available
Status OFFICIAL
Coarse Type STONY
Type CHONDRITE
Class/Clan CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE
Group CM 2
Shock stage S1
Weathering grade W0
Fa (Ol) 14.8 ± 18.2
Fs (low Ca Px) 1.8 ± 1.3
Classified by S. Genovesi (UniBO) and J. Nava (UniPD)
Comments Paired with MCY 14004 and MCY 14014.
Other data Chondrule abundance: 20%. Average apparent chondrule diameter: 250 µm. CAI abundance: 7%. Phyllosilicate in chondrule mesostasis; modest alteration of mafic silicates in chondrules. Abundant phyllosilicates in matrix. Silica plus Al2O3 = 13 wt%, FeO = 53 wt% and MgO = 13 wt%.
References
  1. Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Bouvier A. and Grossman J.N. (2020) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55(5), 1146-1150.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13493
  2. Nava J. (2020) Mineralogical composition and geological features of C-type asteroids inferred from meteorites and space missions data. PhD thesis, University of Padova, Padova, 126 pp.
PROJECT
Title Meteoriti antartiche
Acr
Code PNRA 2013/AZ2.04
PI Luigi Folco

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