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A unique and unpaired Lunar meteorite and a new type of Lunar Basalt, the youngest age ever found. It represents a so far otherwise unsampled mantle source.

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NWA 4898
Lunar basalt
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Meteorite name:

NWA 1882

Type:

Stony iron, Mesosiderite-C

Location:

Sahara, Morocco

Date of find:

2002

Tkw:

4438 g

Specimen weight:

158.8 g

Description:

Slice, polished, 115 x 80 x 4.6 mm

Seperate entry from the Meteoritical Bulletin:

Many stones totaling 4438 g were found in 2003 by an anonymous finder in Western Sahara. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB): several stones are partially covered by fusion crust; contains up to several cm sized metal nodules; metal is mostly kamacite with some taenite; silicate portion is dominantly Mg-rich pyroxene, Fs26Wo3 (Fs23.4-28.7Wo2-4.7) and plagioclase, An92 (An90.1-94.4); accessories include silica, chromite, and phosphate; oxygen isotopic composition (R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi): ´18O = 3.36, ´17O = 1.42 0 .; low degree of shock; low to medium degree of weathering. Specimens: type specimen 22 g plus one polished thin section, MNB; main mass, S. Ralew, Germany.

Price:

$ 1588 Email

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Meteorite name:

Sikhote Alin

Type:

Iron, octaedrite

Location:

Sibiria, Russia

Date of fall:

12.2.1947

Tkw:

> 23 t

Specimen weight:

32.293 g

Description:

Individual, 40 x 16 x 13 mm


Oriented individual

Price:

$ 128 Email

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Meteorite name:

NWA 859 "Taza"

Type:

Ungr. iron, plessitic

Location:

Taza, Morocco

Date of find:

2001

Tkw:

> 75 kg

Specimen weight:

9.460 g

Description:

Individual, 25 x 18 x 5 mm



Price:

sold

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Meteorite name:

Imilac

Type:

Pallasite

Location:

Atacama desert, Chile

Date of find:

1822

Tkw:

> 920 kg

Specimen weight:

4.250 g

Description:

Fragment, 24 x 12 x 5 mm



Price:

sold

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Meteorite name:

NWA 4889

Type:

Mesosiderite

Location:

Sahara, Northwest Africa

Date of find:

2005

Tkw:

420 g

Specimen weight:

9.412 g

Description:

Cut fragment, 25 x 15 x 15 mm



Price:

$ 94 Email

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Meteorite name:

NWA 1882

Type:

Stony iron, Mesosiderite-C

Location:

Sahara, Morocco

Date of find:

2002

Tkw:

4438 g

Specimen weight:

97.8 g

Description:

Cut fragment, polished, 59 x 31 x 17 mm


Huge pyroxene crystal!

Price:

$ 970 Email

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