NWA 7187 L3.6 Chondrite
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Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: Purchased 2011.
Type: L3.6 Unequilibrated Chondrite
Description: Fresh specimen composed of closely-packed, well-formed, medium-sized chondrules in a matrix containing a moderate amount of fresh metal grains, troilite, chlorapatite and merrillite. Some chondrules have multiple, thick dust rims. Olivine (Fa0.5-35.3; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.02-0.08 wt.%, mean 0.04 wt.%, s.d. 0.02 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs4.9-20.5Wo0.4-1.5), clinopyroxene (Fs6.8-6.9Wo38.1-45.3). (Classification and petrographic description by A.J. Irving.)
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| #NWA7187-9-4 | # NWA7187-13-9 | # NWA7187-21-5 | # NWA7187-24-0 | 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: 9.4 gm | Weight: 13.9 gm | Weight: 21.5 gm | Weight: 24.0 gm | |
| Features: Part slice | Features: Cut fragment. | Features: Slice. | Features: Slice. | |
| sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: $161 |
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| # NWA7187-39-8 | # NWA7187-47-8 | # NWA7187-65-3 |
| Weight: 39.8 gm | Weight: 47.8 gm | Weight: 65.3 gm |
| Features: End, 70% weathered crust. | Features: Slice. | Features: End, 30% weathered crust. |
| Price: $264 | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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