NWA1242 A2 Mesosiderite Meteorites for Sale

Location: Gillio, Libya

Found: 1985

Type: Mesosiderite-A2

Description: Two fully ablated pieces of a mesosiderite (total known weight ~7 kg) were found near the village of Gillio by unknown oil exploration workers and put into service as bookends for 13 years. Purchased in 1998 by an anonymous dealer. Reports of a strewn field are presently unconfirmed. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): type 2A; contains scarce, metal nodules up to 19 mm in diameter; Mg-rich pyroxene overgrowths on Ca-pyroxene clasts; moderate resorption of plagioclase. Orthopyroxene (Fs₃₃Wo₃) replaces pigeonite (Fs₃₄Wo₈) and exsolved augite (Fs₄₃Wo₄₂); plagioclase (An₉₂); pyrrhotite, chromite (Al₂O₃ = 8.4 wt%); kamacite, 5.8 wt% Ni; rare taenite (42 wt% Ni), silica and phosphate. Shock stage, S1; weathering grade, W0.

Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.


# NWA1242-5-9	# NWA1242-7-9	# NWA1242-11-6	# NWA1242-13-6	About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime.
Weight: 5.9 gm	Weight: 7.9 gm	Weight: 11.6 gm	Weight: 13.6 gm
Features: Part slice.	Features: Part slice.	Features: Part slice.	Features: Part slice.
Price: sold	sold	sold	sold


# NWA1242-21-2	# NWA1242-23-3	# NWA1242-33-4
Weight: 21.2 gm	Weight: 23.3 gm	Weight: 33.4 gm
Features: Part slice.	Features: Part slice.	Features: Part slice.
sold	$355	$506