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Magnificent piece, unusual texture.
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Tarkint 001 is a rare meteorite from Mars, classified as Shergottite (olivine-phyric).<\/p>\n

It was discovered in Gao, Mali, in 2025.<\/p>\n

Its surface reveals numerous brown-green olivine phenocrystals measuring a few millimeters, embedded in a fine-grained, light beige matrix.<\/p>\n

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The unique feature of this meteorite is that it is unlike any other Martian meteorite.<\/p>\n

The total known weight of this meteorite is only 2 kg, so there won’t be enough for everyone !<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarkint 001<\/strong> 17.4959263, 0.6428554<\/p>\n

Gao, Mali<\/p>\n

Find: 2025<\/p>\n

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)<\/p>\n

History<\/strong>: In 2025, fragments of a meteorite were discovered in a desert area 60 km east of the village of Tarkint and approximately 150 km northeast of the city of Gao, Mali. The discovery occurred by chance during a local field survey, where the distinctive surface features of the stones drew the attention of the field researchers. Purchased by Ali Muftah in 2025. <\/p>\n

Physical characteristics<\/strong>: The total collected mass was approximately 2 kg. The deposit samples display an exterior partially covered with dark, slightly abraded fusion crust. Sawcut surface reveals many distinctive mm-sized brown-green olivine phenocrysts set in light tan-colored, fine-grained groundmass. <\/p>\n

Petrography<\/strong>: (C. Agee, UNM<\/em>) Electron microprobe analysis of a polished mount shows this meteorite to be an olivine-phyric shergottite. Olivine phenocrysts display core-rim igneous zoning. Plagioclase has been converted to maskelynite. Fine-grained pigeonite and maskelynite make up the groundmass. Minor amounts of chromite, Ti-magnetite, and troilite are ubiquitous. <\/p>\n

Geochemistry<\/strong>: (T. Shisseh, UNM<\/em>) Olivine Fa32.6\u00b112.1<\/sub>, Fe\/Mn=53\u00b14, n=13; pigeonite Fs23.3\u00b13.2<\/sub>Wo4.9\u00b12.2<\/sub>, Fe\/Mn=30\u00b11, n=17; maskelynite An54.9\u00b13.5<\/sub>Ab44.7\u00b13.5<\/sub>, n=4. <\/p>\n

Classification<\/strong>: Martian, olivine-phyric shergottite. Visually, the macroscopic texture of this meteorite is reminiscent of NWA 10416<\/a>, however they are not paired. This meteorite lacks augite and altered olivine, it also has maskelynite-only, with no remnant plagioclase present. This meteorite has olivine that is significantly more forsteritic than NWA 10416. <\/p>\n

Specimens<\/strong>: 48 g on deposit at UNM<\/em>, Ali Muftah holds the main mass, Eric Twelker<\/em> holds a 410.7 g piece.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":78359,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[542,549],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78357","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-achondrites-en","7":"product_cat-martian","8":"product_shipping_class-petits-articles-en","9":"description-off","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"sold-individually","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/78357","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\/78359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=78357"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=78357"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmeteorite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=78357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}