Description: Hi my name is Luisa Stream, im part of Streaming meteorites. Im excited to be here, every meteorite I sell comes with a COA card and display✨ meteorite: NWA 16794 Weight 55.6 Beautiful!! Nice shock veins Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 16794 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 16794 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:help 3.36 kg Classification history: Recommended: L6 This is 1 of 13099 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) Comments:Approved 1 Jul 2024 Writeup from MB 113: Northwest Africa 16794 (NWA 16794) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2021 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) Physical characteristics: Small areas of light material observed. Melt veins can be seen at the surface and in the cut face. Petrography: Ordinary chondrite with extensive impact melt veins throughout. Veins additionally contain metal blebs and mineral fragments derived from the host rock. Minerals include olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase, chromite, troilite, and FeNi-metal. Chondrules are poorly defined but some can still be identified. Geochemistry: Olivine Fa23.7-23.5, mean Fa24.9±0.6 (n=19). Pyroxene Fs20.4-21.9Wo1.1-2.6, mean Fs21.0±0.5Wo1.5±0.4 (n=14). Plagioclase An68.9-85.8Or1.0-5.8, mean An75.9±5.6Or3.6±1.8 (n=14). FeNi-metal 6.3-6.7 wt% Ni, mean 6.5±0.2 wt% Ni (n=5). Chromite Chm84.9-86.1Usp7.0-8.2, mean Chm85.5±0.4Usp7.6±0.5, Cr#92.5 (n=6). Data from: MB113 Table 0 Line 0: Date:P 2021 Mass (g):3358 Pieces:Many small ston Class:L6 Weathering grade:W1 Fayalite (mol%):24.9 Ferrosilite (mol%):21.0 Wollastonite (mol%):1.5 Classifier:J.T. Mitchell, UMin Type spec mass (g):20.9 Type spec location:UMin Main mass:Matthew Stream Comments:Submitted by J.T. Mitchell
Price: 175 USD
Location: Riverside, California
End Time: 2025-01-07T19:19:59.000Z
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