Super rare 1.48 gram - NWA 3133 (Only CV7 Ever) Achondrite-prim-ung METEORITE for Sale

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Super rare 1.48 gram - NWA 3133 (Only CV7 Ever) Achondrite-prim-ung METEORITE For Sale

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Super rare 1.48 gram - NWA 3133 (Only CV7 Ever) Achondrite-prim-ung METEORITE:
$71.04

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

Northwest Africa 3133 Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 3133
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3133
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: Morocco
Mass: 4.19 kg
Classification
history:Meteoritical This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CV7.
Comments:Revised 24 May 2019: Paired with NWA 2653 Writeup

Northwest Africa 3133

Severalcomplete, dense, brown stones (total 2393 g) were purchased in Tagounite by aMoroccan dealer for A. and G. Hupé (xHupé) in 2004 March andAugust. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU;A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): equigranular texture of subhedral toanhedral grains with ~120° triple junctions; mean grain size = 0.28 mm.Moderate but pervasive weathering (W2) has converted some metal and troilite tobrown iron hydroxides, which also coat grain boundaries. Mineral mode invol.%: olivine 46, orthopyroxene 28, plagioclase 7, Cr-diopside 5,Na-Mg-bearing merrillite 4, metal (including associated hydroxides) 5, chromite3 and troilite 2. Highly equilibrated mineral compositions: olivine (Fa22.2to Fa22.6, FeO/MnO = 57 - 69), orthopyroxene (Fs18.6Wo2.8to Fs19.2Wo2.1, FeO/MnO = 38 - 49), diopside (Fs7.3Wo44.6to Fs8.7Wo42.2, FeO/MnO = 21 - 33, Cr2O3= 0.56 to 0.82 wt.%, Al2O3 =1.21 to 1.74 wt.%),plagioclase (An50.1Or2.5 to An53.5Or2.3),metal (Ni = 17.4 - 20.2 wt.%), chromite (TiO2 = 2.61 wt.%,Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.73), troilite (Ni = 1.2 - 5.2 wt.%). Oxygen isotopes:replicate analyses of an acid-washed whole rock sample by laser fluorination(D. Rumble, CIW) gave respectively δ18O = 3.06, 2.46,δ17O = -1.75, -2.25, Δ17O = -3.36, -3.54 permil, and triplicate analyses of an acid-washed olivine-rich separate by laserfluorination (T. Larson and F. Longstaffe, UWO) gave respectively δ18O= 1.78, 0.92, 0.89, δ17O = -2.91, -3.67, -3.62, Δ17O= -3.84, -4.16, -4.08 per mil. All of these oxygen isotope compositionsplot on the CV3 mixing line, suggesting that this achondritic meteorite hasaffinities with CV chondrites (Irving et al., 2004). Specimens: typespecimens, 20.1 g, and one polished thin section, NAU; 40.3 g, and fourpolished thin sections, UWS; main mass, xHupé.