Meteorite thin section
Meteorites are extraterrestrial lumps of rock fallen to the earth’s surface. The rock often starts to melt on the outside during its journey through the earth’s atmosphere. Most meteorites have a thin black coating or fusion crust.
RAMM’s meteorite was sent to the Natural History Museum, London, for analysis:
Weight: 1064g
Description: Smoothly angular form with black fusion skin about 1mm thick over a light brownish-buff interior. There is an original rough fracture and a recent cut for thin section. Section (pictured) shows chondrules as fibrous sub-spherical aggregates of pyroxineor olivine in a fine-grained matrix of olivine pyroxine and nickel/iron.
RAMM’s meteorite was sent to the Natural History Museum, London, for analysis:
Weight: 1064g
Description: Smoothly angular form with black fusion skin about 1mm thick over a light brownish-buff interior. There is an original rough fracture and a recent cut for thin section. Section (pictured) shows chondrules as fibrous sub-spherical aggregates of pyroxineor olivine in a fine-grained matrix of olivine pyroxine and nickel/iron.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 68/2004/1
- Category
- Array
- Collection Class
- Rocks
- Common Name
- meteorite thin section
- Simple Name
- rock: meteorite: thin section
