Meteorite**NWA 14007; LL3!!**1.923 Grams, INSANE ORANGE CHONDRULES!!WOW!!!

Description

Hello up for auction is a gorgeous NWA 14007 classified as LL3 meteorite found in Algeria 2019. This slice weighs 1.923 grams, and has a fine polish to both sides, loaded with insane looking chondrules of all types and colors, carbonaceous inclusion, with the COA card and display case. Thanks for your interest and have fun bidding.
Note: Having thin sections made with this slice would be amazing under a mircoscope!!!
Britannica says:
Chondrite, in general, any stony meteorite characterized by the presence of chondrules. The only meteorites classified as chondrites that do not contain chondrules are the CI group. These meteorites are so heavily altered by water that it is unclear whether they once contained chondrules. All other aspects of these objects, however, indicate that they belong with the chondrites. Chondrules are roughly spherical inclusions, typically hundreds of micrometres to a few millimetres in size. They are made up of silicates, metal, and sulfide, and they appear to have formed as molten droplets at high temperatures in the early solar nebula. The chondrules are set in a fine-grained matrix that binds them together. Chondrites are divided into three main classes based on their bulk chemical compositions, oxygen isotopic compositions, and petrology. These are carbonaceous chondrites, ordinary chondrites, and enstatite chondrites.
Name:
Northwest Africa 14007
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:
NWA 14007
Observed fall:
No
Year found:
2019
Country:
Algeria
Mass:
490 g
Northwest Africa 14007
(NWA 14007)
Algeria
Find: 2019
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3)
History
: Purchased in 2019 by Matthew Stream from Mostafa Hnini in Algeria.
Physical characteristics
: Single stone with dark-brown fusion crust.
Petrography
: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) This sample contains chondrules (720±100 µm, n=20) set in a fine-grained, slightly opaque matrix with accesory Fe-Ni metal and troilite.
Classification
: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) based on range in Fa and Fs values, and on average chondrule diameter.
Specimens
: 20.3 g and a thin section at Cascadia; main mass with Matthew Stream.
Data from:
MB110
Table 0
Line 0:
Date:
2019
Mass (g):
490
Pieces:
1
Class:
LL3
Shock stage:
S2
Weathering grade:
W2
Fayalite (mol%):
19.3±11.0
Ferrosilite (mol%):
14.7±9.5
Wollastonite (mol%):
1.4±0.6
Magnetic suscept.:
3.73
Classifier:
D. Sheikh, Cascadia
Type spec mass (g):
20.3
Type spec location:
Cascadia
Main mass:
Matthew Stream
Comments:
Submitted by Daniel Sheikh