NWA 15364 Martian Nakhlite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Sahara Desert, exact location unknown.
Found: 2022.
Classification: Martian meteorite (Nakhlite).
Description: History: Purportedly found in Algeria and purchased by Mohammed
Hmani. (Eric Twelker purchased the specimens on this page from Mr. Hmani.) (Petrography
:( A. Irving,
UWS
and P. Carpenter,
WUSL
) Igneous aggregate of compositionally-zoned, subhedral prismatic augite grains and anhedral olivine grains (exhibiting limited core to rim zoning) together with subordinate intermediate plagioclase and titanomagnetite (with ilmenite exsolution lamellae) plus accessory pyrrhotite and F-Cl-bearing apatite. Outer margins of augite grains contain orthopyroxene and pigeonite, and some augite occurs as stubby inclusions within olivine. Intercumulus regions contain fine grained, apparently hydrous "chlorophaeite" (red-brown in thin section), and similar material is present as thin veinlets within olivine grains.
Zoned augite (Fs
22.6-38.7
Wo
40.4-34.5
, FeO/MnO = 33-38, N = 9), zoned olivine (Fa
70.4-74.0
, FeO/MnO = 48-52, N = 11), augite inclusions in olivine (Fs
24.9-25.9
Wo
40.4-40.2
, FeO/MnO = 33-35, N = 2), orthopyroxene (Fs
45.9-66.3
Wo
0.7-4.8
, FeO/MnO = 24-36, N = 9), pigeonite (Fs
54.0-55.7
Wo
14.1-12.3
, FeO/MnO = 33-35, N = 3), plagioclase (An
35.6-37.7
Or
3.3-2.9
, N = 4).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
Other references:
Link to Dr. Anthony Irving's Martain Meteorite Page
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| #NWA15364-091 | #NWA15364-122 | #NWA15364-175 | #NWA15364-190 | 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: 0.091 gm | Weight: 0.122 gm | Weight: 0.175 gm | Weight: 0.190 gm | |
| Features: Fragment slice | Features: Fragment end | Features: Fragment slice | Features: Fragment end | |
| Price: $41 | Price: $54 | Price: $75 | Price: $81 |
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| #NWA15364-271 | #NWA15364-286 | #NWA15364-786 | #NWA15364-920 | #NWA15364-936 |
| Weight: 0.271 gm | Weight: 0.286 gm | Weight: 0.786 gm | Weight: 0.920 gm | Weight: 0.936 gm |
| Features: Fragment slice | Features: Fragment slice | Features: Fragment slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice |
| $113 | $119 | $319 | $373 | $379 |
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| #NWA15364-99 | #NWA15364-2-168 |
| Weight: 0.939 gm | Weight: 2.168 gm |
| Features: Slice | Features: Crysted end |
| $381 | $872 |
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