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Meteorite: 20.81 gram thin NWA 13187 martian shergottite slice
$ 216.48
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Description
HI all!My name is Mark Lyon, and I’m a member of the International Meteorite Collectors Association, member number 6752. My business model is to buy in bulk and turn over inventory quickly (often through no-reserve auctions) giving you the best possible prices.
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Up for sale here is a 20.81 gram NWA 13187 martian shergottite slice.
I will be on vacation so this item will ship out the Friday after auction closes.
Here is what the metbull says about it.
Northwest Africa 13187
Basic information
Name:
Northwest Africa 13187
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:
NWA 13187
Observed fall:
No
Year found:
2019
Country:
(Northwest Africa)
Mass:
1600 g
Classification
history:
Recommended:
Martian (shergottite)
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Comments:
Approved 29 Feb 2020
Writeup
Writeup from MB 109:
Northwest Africa 13187
(NWA 13187)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2019 Sep
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
History
: Purchased by
Mark
Lyon
in September 2019 from a Moroccan dealer. Some of this material was subsequently sold to Mike Fleeman and Roberto Vargas.
Petrography
: (A. Irving,
UWS
and P. Carpenter,
WUSL
) Diabasic texture. Composed predominantly of zoned clinopyroxene and maskelynite with accessory ulvöspinel (some Cr-bearing), ilmenite, silica polymorph, merrillite, pyrrhotite and minor secondary calcite.
Geochemistry
: Subcalcic augite cores (Fs
20.3-23.3
Wo
36.2-32.0
, FeO/MnO = 28-29, N = 4), ferroan pigeonite rims (Fs
52.4-59.2
Wo
14.2-19.7
, FeO/MnO = 36-39, N = 4), maskelynite (An
50.5-57.2
Or
1.9-0.7
, N = 3).
Classification
: Shergottite (diabasic).
Specimens
: 20.1 g including one polished thin section at
UWB
; remainder held by Mr. M.
Lyon
, Mr. M. Fleeman (550 g) and Mr. R. Vargas (50 g).
Data from:
MB109
Table 0
Line 0:
Place of purchase:
Morocco
Date:
P 2019 Sep
Mass (g):
1600
Pieces:
2
Class:
Martian (shergottite)
Shock stage:
high
Weathering grade:
low
Ferrosilite (mol%):
20.3-23.3; 52.4-59.2
Wollastonite (mol%):
36.2-32.0; 14.2-19.7
Classifier:
A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL
Type spec mass (g):
20.1
Type spec location:
UWB
Main mass:
M. Lyon/M. Fleeman/R. Vargas
Comments:
Work name Lyon19-2; submitted by A. Irving