A very rare meteorite with fusion crust.<\/p>\n
Sold in a membrane box.<\/p>\n
Comes with certificate.<\/p>\n
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Aydar 003 is a very fresh carbonaceous meteorite of type CM1\/2.<\/p>\n
It is an extremely rare type, since to date only 26 meteorites of this type have been officially classified.<\/p>\n
It was discovered in the Western Sahara in a concentration area called Aydar.<\/p>\n
Aydar 003<\/strong> 27\u00b040\u201906.09″N, 10\u00b006\u201925.33″W<\/p>\n South, Morocco<\/p>\n Purchased: 2018<\/p>\n Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM1\/2)<\/p>\n History<\/strong>: Found between 2016 and 2018. Bought from Abdelaziz Alhyane.<\/p>\n Physical characteristics<\/strong>: Crusted stones. The fusion crust shows a network of cracks. Cut surface reveals dark interior<\/p>\n Petrography<\/strong>: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE<\/em>) Small altered chondrules (average apparent diameter about 270 \u00b5m) and altered mineral fragments and fine grained CAIs set in an abundant fine-grained phyllosilicate-rich matrix (about 75 vol%). Olivine has been almost entirely serpentinized. Opaque minerals are FeS and magnetite. No metal was found. Transmission Infrared spectroscopy (L. Bonal, IPAG<\/em>) of matrix grains reveals a water and Si-O bands attributable to phyllosilicates.<\/p>\n Geochemistry<\/strong>: Olivine is serpentinized, with microprobe totals of 85.9%\u00b11.1% (n=9). Unaltered olivine crystals give Fa1.4 <\/sub>and Fa 17.9 <\/sub>(n=2). Defocused (10 \u00b5m) microprobe totals in the matrix 75.5\u00b15.5% (n=7).<\/p>\n Classification<\/strong>: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM1\/2). Petrologic type 1\/2 from the almost total serpentinization of silicates but absence of narrow -OH band typically seen in phyllosilicates of the smectite group commonly observed seen in type 1 chondrites. Possibly paired with NWA 11322<\/a> and NWA 8534<\/a>.<\/p>\n Specimens<\/strong>: Type specimen at CEREGE<\/em>. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59995,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544,591],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59993","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-carbonaceous-chondrites","7":"product_cat-cm1-2-en","8":"product_shipping_class-petits-articles-en","9":"description-off","11":"first","12":"outofstock","13":"sold-individually","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=59993"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=59993"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=59993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}