IMAGE GALLERY FOR THE LOS ANGELES METEORITE
"Stone No. 2" - (LA 002) - Nickname "Gabriel"
(recently classified as a basaltic shergottite)

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- - - The descriptions accompanying these images are based upon - - -
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- - - and DOES NOT reflect the findings of a concurrent study at UCLA - - -


The exterior of this meteoritic rock is a relatively well-preserved fusion crust. . . This suggests that it came from a relatively recent fall... Along with carbon-14 age dating of the interior of this stone, a minimum terrestrial age date might be able to be determined from the rate of development of the caliche encrustation.


LA 002 after being cut for thin-sectioning and analysis. Click on image at left for a larger image. Click on your web browser's "BACK" button in order to return here.

 

Interior - thin section in transmitted light under fluorescent lighting.
LA 002 after being cut for thin-sectioning and analysis.
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photo by Ron Baalke.
photo by Ron Baalke.

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