Description
On offer: a 0.078g fragment of a rare classification.
Dimensions: ~5 x 4 mm
What you get: this 0.078g fragment, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Type: LL7 chondrite
Country: Sahara
Date of find: 2019
Total mass: 200 g
Northwest Africa 13151 (NWA 13151)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2019 Sep
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
Physical characteristics: Single stone. Approximately 75% covered by thick fusion crust
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Strongly recrystallized chondrite. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite. No visible chondrule in the studied section. Plagioclase to 200 μm.
Geochemistry: Olivine Fa30.6 (n=1). Orthopyroxene Fs25.7Wo2.5 (n=2)
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE, main mass with Kuntz
