[meteorite-list] Ad: Special: NWA 7323 beautiful and rare LL3.3 chondrite

From: Stefan Ralew <stefan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:03:57 +0200
Message-ID: <CC488F26A6734068ADBE3B26BA1B7F83_at_StefanPC>

Dear List Members,

in my weekly special sale I would like to offer you today a new and
beautiful LL 3.3 chondrite at an affordable price, NWA 7323 prov. (S2, W2),
with a total known weight of 501 g.
NWA 7323 was discovered in 2012 in the Sahara desert of NW-Africa. It is a
rare type, the Meteoritical Bulletin lists only 15 different LL3.3
meteorites.

NWA 7323 shows the typical matrix of a chondite of very low petrological
grade, with densely packed chondrules. All slices were grinded on both sides
to remove some saw marks. Polishing isn?t recommended with this meteorite
because it loses a lot of contrast.

http://www.sr-meteorites.de/specials/nwa7323/special-nwa7323.html

Below is the classification report for NWA 7323:
" Fairly large, well-formed chondrules and relatively low content of altered
metal. Olivine (Fa2.3-48.4), Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine = 0.06-0.25 wt.%, mean
0.13 wt.%, s.d. 0.07 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs2.3-6.7Wo0.4-0.3),
pigeonite (Fs12.1Wo6.7), sodic plagioclase, chromite, altered kamacite and
troilite."

Thank you for your interest!

Best wishes,
Stefan Ralew

SR-Meteorites, Berlin / Germany
www.sr-meteorites.de
www.moonrocks.de
Received on Thu 18 Oct 2012 04:03:57 PM PDT