{"id":69643,"date":"2023-07-23T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=69643"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:30:11","slug":"nwa-15972-ll3-sous-type-estime-3-2-2-32-g","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/product\/nwa-15972-ll3-sous-type-estime-3-2-2-32-g\/","title":{"rendered":"NWA 15972 LL3 (estimated subtype 3.2) #2 &#8211; 3.2 g"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful endcut with chondrules in a fine-grained matrix.<\/p>\n<p>Chondrites of this quality are rare.<\/p>\n<p>Comes with certificate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf4 ff1 fs36\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NWA 15972 is a beautiful LL3 chondrite weighing just 317 grams.<\/p>\n<p>This meteorite was analyzed at Cerege by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Gattacceca.<\/p>\n<div id=\"writeup\">\n<p><big><u>Writeup from MB 112:<\/u><\/big><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>Northwest Africa 15972<\/strong> (NWA 15972)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBIndent\">Morocco<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBIndent\">Purchased: 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBIndent\">Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>History: F<\/strong>ound in Morocco, and bought by Jean Redelsperger in Guelmim in 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>Physical characteristics:<\/strong> Some fragments are partially crusted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>Petrography: (J.<\/strong> Gattacceca, <i>CEREGE) Chond<\/i>rite with packed chondrules ~800 \u00b5m set in a fine-grained matrix. Opaque minerals are metal and troilite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>Geochemistry<\/strong>: Olivine F<sub>a14.2\u00b18.1<\/sub>, range Fa<sub>0.4-29.9,<\/sub> Fa PMD 46% (n=18). Cr<sub>2O<\/sub><sub>3<\/sub> in ferroan olivine 0.157\u00b10.089 wt% (n=17). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs<sub>8.4\u00b13.5<\/sub>Wo<sub>1.8\u00b11.4 (<\/sub>n=5).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><strong>Classification:<\/strong> Ordinary chondrite (LL3). LL group based on chodrule size and magnetic susceptibility. Subtype &gt;3.2 based on the C<sub>r2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub> content of ferroan olivine. Estimated subtype 3.2 based on the olivine Fa PMD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MBNormal\"><i><strong>Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE.<\/strong><\/i> Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69645,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[599,546],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69643","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ll-en","7":"product_cat-ordinary-chondrites","8":"description-off","10":"first","11":"outofstock","12":"sold-individually","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/69643","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\/69645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=69643"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=69643"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=69643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}