Description: My name is Ruben Garcia - aka MrMeteorite - and I’m a meteorite hunter, dealer, and collector. I began my meteorite adventures in 1998 and since then I have found many thousands of meteorites as well purchased and sold many thousands more. I’ve been featured in many books and magazines about meteorites. Publications like Sky and Telescope, Discover, Iguana, Meteorite Times, and even the latest book by O. Richard and Dorothy Norton, called “What’s so Mysterious about Meteorites?” I’ve also been featured in such TV shows as, Cash and Treasures, Meteorite Men, Nova Science NOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the United Stats of America - a program all about various statistics - with Sklar Brothers as hosts. Of course, I’ve also been the subject of newspaper articles all across the country as well as various NPR and BBC radio shows. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE You can bid with confidence since everything I sell is guaranteed to be exactly as listed. I include a handwritten (business card size) certificate of authenticity with each specimen. If you have a question, please feel free to send a message before bidding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin) about this particular meteorite.Northwest Africa 12322 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 12322 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12322 Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Niger Mass: 35.3 kg Classification history: Meteoritical Bulletin: (2018) CV3 Recommended: CV3 This is 1 of 624 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. Comments: Approved 14 Dec 2018 Writeup Northwest Africa 12322 (NWA 12322) NigerPurchased: 2018 Aug Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) History: Found in Niger and purchased in Morocco by Adam Aaronson in August 2018. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed granular and BO chondrules (some composite; apparent diameter 1250 ± 690 µm) and fine grained CAI (some up to 4.5 mm across) are set in a fine grained matrix (~30 vol.%, orange-brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.2-45.3, N = 3), orthopyroxene (Fs0.7-0.9Wo1.1, N = 2), clinopyroxene (Fs2.5Wo36.0; Fs21.4Wo44.1; N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Specimens: 42 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Aaronson. Data from: Table 0 Line 0: Place of purchase:Temara Date:P 2018 Aug Mass (g):35300 Pieces:2 Class:CV3 Shock stage:S2 Weathering grade:moderate Fayalite (mol%):0.2-45.3 Ferrosilite (mol%):0.7-0.9; 2.5 Wollastonite (mol%):1.1; 36.0 Classifier:A. Irving & P. Carpenter Type spec mass (g):42 Type spec location:UWB Main mass:A. Aaronson Comments:Work name M2169; submitted by A. Irving Institutions and collections
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