OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED & APPROVED FRESHLY LANDED FROM OUTER SPACE Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorite - 5×4×3 cm - 43 g - (1)

ON OFFER COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL METEORITE Officially Classified and Approved as NWA 12443 Carbonaceous CV3 Discovered and purchased on July 2018 in Morocco Classified and studied by world renowned and profoundly respected Anthony J. Irving and team at University of Washington with many thanks. Northwest Africa 12443 this is an official meteorite name This is a very rare and fresh carbonaceous CV3 meteorite NWA 12443 Carbonaceous CV3 TOTAL YOU WILL GET 43 GRAM GUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY The authenticity of this meteorite has a 100% guarantee. Signed Certificate of Authenticity Included. First express class delivery and provenance provided. I SHIP WORLDWIDE WITH DHL, UPS OR SIMILAR EXPRESS SERVICE, TRACKED & TRACED This Item will not include any reference, and will be posted as a "Gift" for Customs purposes on request. TRULY A BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM QUALITY SHOWPIECE FRESH FUSION CRUST WITH VELVETY TEXTURE AND TONS OF CONTRACTION CRACKS OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION DATA SOURCE: THE METEORITICAL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR METEORITICS AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE METEORITICAL BULLETIN DATABASE header\t Met. Soc Home Publications Contacts Northwest Africa 12443 Basic information\t. Name: Northwest Africa 12443 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12443 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: help 83 g Classification history: \t Recommended: \t\t\t. CV3 [explanation] This is 1 of 496 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3) , CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites Comments: \t. Approved 27 Jul 2019 Writeuphelp\t Writeup from MB 108: Northwest Africa 12443 (NWA 12443) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2018 Jul Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Found by Mohamed Zergou about 26 km E of Tantan on July 25, 2018, and purchased by Mbark Arjdal. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed granular chondrules (apparent diameter 940±480 µm, N = 23) plus amoeboid fine grained CAI (one composed of wollastonite+andradite+corundum) are set in a very fine-grained matrix (~40 volume%, black in thin section) . XRD of a powdered sample show the absence of phyllosilicates. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa26. 6±25. 5 (range Fa0. 9-51. 8) , N = 3) , enstatite (Fs1. 4±0. 1Wo2. 3±2. 1 (range Fs1. 4-1. 5Wo0. 8-3. 8) , N = 2) , diopside (Fs1. 0Wo37. 8) . Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) . Specimens: 16. 9 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. M. Arjdal. Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: \t Place of purchase: \t. Morocco Date: \t. P 2018 Jul Mass (g) : \t83 Pieces: \t1 Class: \t. CV3 Shock stage: \t. S2 Weathering grade: \tlow Fayalite (mol%) : \t26. 6±25. 5 (n=3) Ferrosilite (mol%) : \t1. 4±0. 1 (n=2) Wollastonite (mol%) : \t2. 3±2. 1 Classifier: \t. A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS Type spec mass (g) : \t16. 9 Type spec location: \t. UWB Main mass: \t. M. Arjdal Comments: \t. Work name Arj18-A3; submitted by A. Irving Institutions and collections\t. UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) Catalogs: \t References: \t. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108, in preparation (2019) Find references in NASA ADS: \t. NASA ADS Find references in Google Scholar: \t. Google Scholar Photos: \t Credit\t. Photos Public domain photographs: A. Irving\t. Added to database 27 Jul 2019 Geography: \t Coordinates: \t. Unknown. Statistics: This is 1 of 6812 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 2053 unapproved names) Also see: \t This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite. Revision history: \t This lists important revisions made to data for this record.