NWA 7183 Polymict Diogenite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: Purchased in 2007
Classification: Polymict diogenite
Description: Very fresh fragmental breccia consisting predominantly of angular diogenitic orthopyroxene grains (up to 2 mm across) plus <10 vol.% basaltic eucrite clasts and one finer-grained fragmental breccia clast. Orthopyroxene (Fs17.1Wo1.1; Fs26.8Wo2.6; FeO/MnO = 27-30) , exsolved pigeonite (orthopyroxene host Fs49.7±0.0 Wo1.8-4.0, FeO/MnO = 32-33; clinopyroxene lamellae Fs25.5-28.7Wo39.6-38.5, FeO/MnO = 27), calcic plagioclase, chromite, ilmenite and troilite. Petrography and analysis by A. Irving.
Comment: This meteorite appears to be very similar to NWA1648 and its pairs.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # NWA7183-2-42 | # NWA7183-2-5 | # NWA7183-2-62 | # NWA7183-2-7 | 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: 2.4 gm | Weight: 2.5 gm | Weight: 2.6 gm | Weight: 2.7 gm | |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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| # NWA7183-2-8 | # NWA7183-3-4 | # NWA7183-4-0 | # NWA7183-4-4 | # NWA7183-5-0 |
| Weight: 2.8 gm | Weight: 3.4 gm | Weight: 4.0 gm | Weight: 4.4 gm | Weight: 5.0 gm |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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| # NWA7183-11-3 | # NWA7183-13-7 | # NWA7183-14-5 | # NWA7183-15-1 | # NWA7183-18-7 |
| Weight: 11.3 gm | Weight: 13.7 gm | Weight: 14.5 gm | Weight: 15.1 gm | Weight: 18.7 gm |
| Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: End |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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