NWA 8038 CO3.5 Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Northwest Africa, location unknown. Purchased in 2013.
Found: 2006.
Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3.5).
Description: Petrography: Small chondrules and fine-grained CAI (composed of hibonite and spinel, with rims of aluminous clinopyroxene) in a dark brown, stained matrix. Olivine (Fa0.3-39.1; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivine 0.06-0.15 wt.%, mean 0.09 wt.%, s.d. 0.03 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs1.3-8.9Wo4.3-2.8), clinopyroxene (Fs1.4Wo38.6; Fs1.3Wo48.8; Fs16.9Wo53.0). Minor pentlandite occurs in the matrix.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # NWA8038-2-61 | # NWA8038-3-51 | # NWA8038-4-0 | # NWA8038-4-3 | 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: 2.6 gm | Weight: 3.5 gm | Weight: 4.0 gm | Weight: 4.3 gm | |
| Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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| # NWA8038-8-1 | # NWA8038-8-8 | # NWA8038-11-4 | # NWA8038-12-3 | # NWA8038-28-3 |
| Weight: 8.1 gm | Weight: 8.8 gm | Weight: 11.4 gm | Weight: 12.3 gm | Weight: 28.3 gm |
| Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice | Features: Part Slice |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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