NWA 13327 Martian Shergottite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Sahara Desert, exact location unknown.
Found: 2020.
Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite).
Description: History: Purchased by Eric Twelker in February 2020 from a Moroccan dealer . . . . Petrography :(A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL ) Diabasic texture (mean grainsize ~0.8 mm). Composed predominantly of prismatic grains of zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite together with accessory silica polymorph, merrillite, chlorapatite, Cr-Mn-bearing ulvöspinel, ilmenite, pyrrhotite and baddeleyite. Minor secondary calcite is present. Geochemistry :Subcalcic augite (Fs 20.1-27.3 Wo 29.1-35.4 , FeO/MnO = 19-34 , N = 5), ferroan subcalcic augite rim (Fs 45.1 Wo 30.7 , FeO/MnO = 36), ferroan pigeonite rims (Fs 53.9-61.3 Wo 13.4-15.7 , FeO/MnO = 36-37, N = 3), maskelynite (An 53.4-55.7 Or 1.4-0.9 , N = 4). Classification : Shergottite (diabasic).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Other references:
Link to Dr. Anthony Irving's Martain Meteorite Page
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