NWA 7692 (18,550g)

Place of purchase:
Erfoud, Morocco
Date:
P 2012
Mass (g):
444
Pieces:
7
Class:
CV3
Shock stage:
S1
Weathering grade:
W2
Fayalite (mol%):
2±2.6 (0.3-9.9, n=18)
Ferrosilite (mol%):
1.2±0.4 (0.7-2.1, n=21
Classifier:
A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):
25.2
Type spec location:
MNB
Main mass:
Hanno Strufe
Comments:
The meteorite displays an overall brownish to black interior with prominent up to 2 cm sized CAIs and amoeboid olivine aggregates. Chondrules are abundant and generally Fe-poor. Contains up to 2-cm-sized black inclusions consisting of almost completely altered chondules and chondrule fragments set in a phyllosilicate-rich fine-grained matrix.; submitted by Ansgar Greshake