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Super-rare CM2 Carbonaceous chondrite. Tanezrouft 082

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Ended:Nov 16, 200919:12:49 PST
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Item number:350277240919
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This is a beautiful piece of the extremely rare CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrite named Tanezrouft 082.

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Tanezrouft 082

Algeria, West Tanezrouft

Found 20 December 2003

Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2)

A single, completely crusted stone, weighing 1012 g, was found. Crust has polygonal cracks (terrestrial alteration), interior is black and slightly friable. Classification and mineralogy (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): small, typically <100 m with few in the 300-800 m size-range, rounded chondrules, abundant angular debris and a few CAIs are set in a very dark matrix. Matrix contains troilite, pentlandite and clusters of framboidal magnetite. Olivine, Fa0.44-64.4, mean Fa14.5±17.0; orthopyroxene, Fs0.92-14.9, mean Fs2.5. Olivines are zoned in FeO-rich chondrules, they contain up to 0.54 wt% CaO in FeO-poor chondrules. Weathering grade is W2/3 (metal is oxidized, sulfide almost intact). Specimens: type specimen 30.2 g, and one polished mount MNHNP; main mass with Annick Goueslain and Jean Luc Parodi.

This specimen weighs 0.120 gram and is a partslice. 

The cube in the photos measures 1 cm. It is for measurement purposes and is not included in the auction.

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