NWA15001 CK4 Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: 2022
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4)
Description: History Purchased by Eric Twelker in February 2022 from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU ) Well-formed equilibrated, magnetite-bearing chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a relatively coarse grained matrix (~40 vol.%) containing Cr-magnetite, pentlandite, troilite, chlorapatite, intermediate plagioclase and rare kamacite. No CAI were observed. Geochemistry Olivine (Fa 27.9±0.5 , range Fa 27.3-28.6 , N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs 24.5±0.9 Wo 1.3±1.3 , range Fs 23.6-26.3 Wo 0.6-3.9 , N = 6), subcalcic augite (Fs 18.1 Wo 22.8 ), augite (Fs 7.9 Wo 45.4 ), magnetite (Cr 2 O 3 3.7-4.1 wt.%, N = 6). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # NWA15001-1-2 | # NWA15001-1-4 | # NWA15001-1-8 | #NWA15001-2-4 | 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: 1.2 gm | Weight: 1.4 gm | Weight: 1.8 gm | Weight: 2.4 gm | |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | $125 |
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| #NWA14179-3-6 | #NWA15001-4-0 | #NWA15001-9-1 |
| Weight: 3.6 gm | Weight: 4.0 gm | Weight: 9.1 gm |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Slice |
| $185 | $205 | $460 |
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