NWA 14809 CK5 #1- 8 g

380,48 $

NWA 14809 is a carbonaceous meteorite of type CK5 of only 31 grams.

The reference fall is the Karoonda meteorite that fell in 1930 in Australia.

Writeup from MB 111 :

Northwest Africa 14809 (NWA 14809)

Algeria

Purchased: 2021

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5)

History: Found in Algeria. Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.

Physical characteristics: Dark fragments.

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Chondrule with average apparent diameter about 800 µm set in a recrystallized matrix (grain size 15 µm). Olivine is the dominant mineral. Magnetite and sulfide are abundant in the matrix and chondrules, sometimes as composite spherical grains up to 200 µm.

Geochemistry: Olivine Fa33.3±0.4, NiO 0.48±0.27 wt% (n=5). Ca-pyroxene Fs7.0Wo49.6 (n=1). Plagioclase An22.9Ab73.1Or4.0 (n=2). Magnetite Cr2O3 3.26 wt% (n=2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CK5).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.

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Description

Nice piece with undetermined blue inclusion.

Vendue avec certificat.

Additional information

Weight 8 g
Dimensions 3 × 2 × 1 cm
Form

Endcut

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