Really Nice 4.46 gram AMGALA 001 (Martian, Shergottite) Meteorite Individual for Sale

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Really Nice 4.46 gram AMGALA 001 (Martian, Shergottite) Meteorite Individual For Sale

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Really Nice 4.46 gram AMGALA 001 (Martian, Shergottite) Meteorite Individual:
$446.00

My name is Ruben Garcia - aka MrMeteorite - andI’m a meteorite hunter, dealer, and collector. I began my meteorite adventuresin 1998 and since then I have found many thousands of meteorites as wellpurchased and sold many thousands more.

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Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin)about this particular meteorite.

Amgala 001 Basic informationName: Amgala 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2022
Country: Western Sahara
Mass: 34.67 kg
(shergottite) This is 1 of 307 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). Comments:Approved 30 Jul 2023 Writeup

Amgala 00126.014°N,11.020°W

Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara

Purchased: 2022 Dec

Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)

History: Multiple stones were found together in December 2022 near Meharrize. Said Muftah Bachir and Ziyao Wang bought 12 kg together from the finders, including the largest 5200 g individual; Mark Lyon acquired 19165 g from two different dealers; Aziz Habibi obtained 3500 g from another dealer.

Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior surfaces of the stones are brown with a distinctive knobby appearance. Fresh interiors are greenish-gray with darker olivine phenocrysts visible.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Zoned olivine phenocrysts (up to 2 mm in length) are set in a groundmass with variable grainsize composed predominantly of prismatic, zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite, together with accessory alkali feldspar, pyrrhotite, ulvöspinel, chromite (with variable Ti content), ilmenite, baddeleyite and chlorapatite. Thin opaque shock veins crosscut the specimen as well as secondary calcite veinlets. Olivine phenocrysts contain small patches of alteration products (red-brown in thin section).

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.7-56.6, FeO/MnO = 52-55, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs27.7-48.4Wo10.4-9.8, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs20.7-30.4Wo32.5-34.6, FeO/MnO = 28-32, N = 2), maskelynite (An47.4-50.5Or2.2-1.7, N = 2), alkali feldspar (Ab49.4Or34.0An16.7).

Classification: Shergottite (olivine-phyric).

Specimens: 68.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Bachir/WangZ (12 kg), Mr. M. Lyon (19165 g) and Mr. A. Habibi (3500 g).

Data from:
MB112
Table 0
Line 0: State/Prov/County:Saguia el HamraPlace of purchase:Algeria and MoroccoDate:P 2022 (g):34665Pieces:manyClass:Martian (shergottite)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:lowFayalite (mol%):31.7-56.6Ferrosilite (mol%):27.7-48.4; 20.7-30.4Wollastonite (mol%):8.0-10.4; 32.5-34.6Classifier:(A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL)Type spec mass (g):68.3Type spec location:UWBMain mass:M. Lyon/S. Bachir and WangZ/A. HabibiComments:Work name SMB-20; submitted by A. Irving