Super rare 2.51 gram - NWA 3133 (Only CV7 Ever) Achondrite-prim-ung METEORITE

Description: My name is Ruben Garcia - aka MrMeteorite - and I’m a meteorite hunter, dealer, and collector. I began my meteorite adventures in 1998 and since then I have found many thousands of meteorites as well purchased and sold many thousands more. I’ve been featured in many books and magazines about meteorites. Publications like Sky and Telescope, Discover, Iguana, Meteorite Times, and even the latest book by O. Richard and Dorothy Norton, called “What’s so Mysterious about Meteorites?” I’ve also been featured in such TV shows as, Cash and Treasures, Meteorite Men, Nova Science NOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the United Stats of America - a program all about various statistics - with Sklar Brothers as hosts. Of course, I’ve also been the subject of newspaper articles all across the country as well as various NPR and BBC radio shows. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE You can bid with confidence since everything I sell is guaranteed to be exactly as listed. I include a handwritten (business card size) certificate of authenticity with each specimen. If you have a question, please feel free to send a message before bidding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin) about this particular meteorite.Northwest Africa 3133 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3133 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3133 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Morocco Mass: 4.19 kg Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: (2005) Achondrite-prim-ung MetBase: (2006) Achondrite-ung Recommended: CV7 This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CV7. Comments: Revised 24 May 2019: Paired with NWA 2653 Writeup Northwest Africa 3133 Morocco Purchased 2004 March/August Primitive achondrite (ungrouped) Several complete, dense, brown stones (total 2393 g) were purchased in Tagounite by a Moroccan dealer for A. and G. Hupé (xHupé) in 2004 March and August. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU; A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): equigranular texture of subhedral to anhedral grains with ~120° triple junctions; mean grain size = 0.28 mm. Moderate but pervasive weathering (W2) has converted some metal and troilite to brown iron hydroxides, which also coat grain boundaries. Mineral mode in vol.%: olivine 46, orthopyroxene 28, plagioclase 7, Cr-diopside 5, Na-Mg-bearing merrillite 4, metal (including associated hydroxides) 5, chromite 3 and troilite 2. Highly equilibrated mineral compositions: olivine (Fa22.2 to Fa22.6, FeO/MnO = 57 - 69), orthopyroxene (Fs18.6Wo2.8 to Fs19.2Wo2.1, FeO/MnO = 38 - 49), diopside (Fs7.3Wo44.6 to Fs8.7Wo42.2, FeO/MnO = 21 - 33, Cr2O3 = 0.56 to 0.82 wt.%, Al2O3 =1.21 to 1.74 wt.%), plagioclase (An50.1Or2.5 to An53.5Or2.3), metal (Ni = 17.4 - 20.2 wt.%), chromite (TiO2 = 2.61 wt.%, Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.73), troilite (Ni = 1.2 - 5.2 wt.%). Oxygen isotopes: replicate analyses of an acid-washed whole rock sample by laser fluorination (D. Rumble, CIW) gave respectively δ18O = 3.06, 2.46, δ17O = -1.75, -2.25, Δ17O = -3.36, -3.54 per mil, and triplicate analyses of an acid-washed olivine-rich separate by laser fluorination (T. Larson and F. Longstaffe, UWO) gave respectively δ18O = 1.78, 0.92, 0.89, δ17O = -2.91, -3.67, -3.62, Δ17O = -3.84, -4.16, -4.08 per mil. All of these oxygen isotope compositions plot on the CV3 mixing line, suggesting that this achondritic meteorite has affinities with CV chondrites (Irving et al., 2004). Specimens: type specimens, 20.1 g, and one polished thin section, NAU; 40.3 g, and four polished thin sections, UWS; main mass, xHupé.

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