39.4g NWA 10214 Host to the Chimeric Clast I Clast 6 I Unique Meteorite Complete Slice
On Offer: 39.4g complete slice of the ultra rare LL3 (LL3-6) NWA 10214 Chondrite - Host Meteorite of the Chimeric Clast Official Name: Northwest Africa 10214 Abbreviation: NWA 10214 AKA: Chimeric Clast Type: LL3 (LL3-6) Chondrite Description: 39.4 gram full slice of NWA 10214 LL3 (LL3-6). This is the host meteorite of the famed "Chimeric Clast (clast 6)", a completely new type of chondrite previously unknown to science. The clast and its host were studied by Dr. Alan E. Rubin at UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). The Chimeric Clast (clast 6) displays characteristics of the Enstatite, Carbonaceous and Ordinary chondrites, but defies being grouped into any of these existing categories. As such, the clast represents a never before seen "ungrouped" chondrite completely new to meteoritics. Dimensions: 110.8 mm x 75.73 mm x 2.45 mm Popular Article: Chimeric Clast - A New Kind of Meteorite Original Research Article: NWA 10214—An LL3 chondrite breccia with an assortment of metamorphosed, shocked, and unique chondrite clasts What you get: 39.4g slice of NWA 10214 with signed Certificate of Authenticity We offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. See Official Meteoritical Society Entry Below. Note that the Chimeric Clast was discovered after classification as well as the more specific / complete LL 3.7 classification. Northwest Africa 10214 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 10214 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10214 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Morocco Mass: 1816 g Classification history: Recommended: LL3 This is 1 of 253 approved meteorites classified as LL3. Comments: Approved 28 Jun 2015 Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: Place of purchase: Tucson Show Date: Unknown Mass (g): 1816 Pieces: 1 Class: LL3 Shock stage: S2 Weathering grade: W3 Fayalite (mol%): 28.1±1.8 (n=16) Ferrosilite (mol%): 15.9±8.8 Wollastonite (mol%): 0.9±0.6 (n=17) Classifier: A. Rubin, J. Breen, UCLA Type spec mass (g): 40.47 Type spec location: UCLA Main mass: Sean Tutorow Comments: Breccia. Also present are some Ca-px grains: Fs16.0±6.1Wo13.2±14.4 (n=5). Many low-Ca px grains in chondrules exhibit polysynthetic twinning. Average chondrule size is ~400 µm. Kamacite has 6.1±1.0 wt.% Ni and 1.5±0.9 wt.% Co. (n=7). Taenite with 30 wt.% Ni is also present. Troilite is stoichiometric FeS. The meteorite contains a 7-mm-wide dark carbonaceous chondrite clast with 200-300-µm-size PP and PPO chondrules.; submitted by Sean Tutorow Institutions and collections UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
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