All,
We've been lucky enough to obtain a good portion of the mass of NWA 1465, a recently discovered CV3. This CV3 is quite unusual, and was originally ungrouped. I've been waiting until the full abstract was released before making pieces available to collectors. The price will be $25 per gram If you are interested please contact me off the list. Here's an excerpt from the Meteoritical Bulletin;
Northwest Africa 1465
Western Sahara
Found 2001
Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)
Many pieces totaling 3000 g and mostly covered with fusion crust were
found in 2001 by an anonymous finder in the Western Saharan desert.
Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake, MNB and M. Kurz, Kurz): a
type 3 carbonaceous chondrite with chondrules, mineral fragments, and
refractory objects in a compact anhydrous matrix of Fe-rich olivine
(Fa43-57.6), Ca-rich pyroxene, enstatite, forsterite, troilite,
magnetite, FeNi-metal, and weathering products; olivine, Fa5.5 (range
Fa0.4-41.9); pyroxene, Fs2.8 (range Fs0.8-5.5); shows a strong
foliation defined by flattened chondrules and refractory objects; the
sample contains cm-sized Ca,Al-rich inclusions and large inclusions
of dark material; oxygen isotope composition of the bulk meteorite
(R. Clayton and T. Mayeda, UChi): d18O = 4.89, d17O = 0.71 per mil;
oxygen isotope composition of dark material, d18O = 13.08, d17O =
5.83 per mil., is not in equilibrium with the host meteorite. Shock
stage, S4; degree of weathering, W3. Specimens: type specimen, 21.8
g, and one polished thin section, MNB; main mass with anonymous
finder. See also Greshake et al (2003), LPSC 34, #1559
Best Regards,
Geoff Cintron
Island Meteorite�
http://www.islandmeteorite.com
