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4.87g Ksar Ghilane 022 slice Achondrite Ungrouped Meteorite
4.87g Ksar Ghilane 022 slice Achondrite Ungrouped Meteorite
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This is a complete slice of Ksar Ghilane 022. It was discovered in Tunisia back in 2023. As scientists were working to classify this new meteorite, there was talk that this material may have come from a parent body such as Mercury or a related object. They also found that it almost pairs with NWA 15915. The geochemistry and oxygen isotopic ratios are almost identical. However, they have slightly different textures. The crystal sizes found in Ksar Ghilane 022 are consistently smaller than those found in NWA 15915. Wherever this material came from, it's definitely out of this world!
Weight - 4.87 grams
Measurements - 40x25x2 millimeters
Classification - Ungrouped Achondrite
Case and COA included!
Below is some information directly from the classifying scientist:
Classification: Achondrite (ungrouped, Mg-rich clinopyroxenite). This meteorite is texturally and mineralogically very similar to ungrouped augite-rich achondrite NWA 15915. but does not exhibit the same degree of irrational exsolution of enstatite from the dominant constituent augite. Terrestrial pairing is further excluded by the different physical appearance of these two meteorites, different degree of weathering, and the fact that their purported find sites are hundreds of kilometers apart. Both of these meteorites may have some affinities to aubrites but differ in being composed predominantly of almost Fe-free augite rather than enstatite.
