Richa IID Iron Meteorites for Sale

Location: Richa, Nigeria (Approximately l0°N, 9°E)

Found: 1960.

Classification: Iron, IID

Description: A mass of approximately 1.5 kg was found before 1960 near the Daudy mining camp. This was situated between Bargesh and Richa in the southwestern corner of the Jos plateau, but the coordinates could not be given with more precision than quoted above. Structural Class: Medium octahedrite, Om. Bandwidth 0.55±0.08 mm. Neumann bands. HV 200±25. Chemistry: Anomalous: 9.4% Ni, 0.66% Co, about 0.3% P, 78 ppm Ga, 82 ppm Ge, I7 ppm Ir. (From Handbook of Iron Meteorites.)

Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

Link to Handbook of Iron Meteorites.

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# RCH61-2	# RCH129-4	About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime.
Weight: 61.2 gm	Weight: 129.4 gm
Features: Etched part slice.	Features: Etched slice.
Price: $617	Price: sold