Meteorite. Rumuruti R3-6. NWA 17584. - 4.95 g - (1)
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Northwest Africa 17584 meteorite, a Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6) weighing 4.95 g from Northwest Africa (NWA), featuring brownish fragments with minor fusion crust and including a certificate of authenticity.
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Northwest Africa 17584 (NWA 17584)
Purchased: 2025
Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6)
History: Purchased by Mohamed Ali Loud in 2025 from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania.
Physical characteristics: Several brownish fragments some of which covered with minor fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a brownish interior and is composed of up to 5 mm sized mostly angular type 3, 6, and black melt clasts in type 3 matrix. Chondrules in type 3 lithologies have an apparent average diameter of about 450 µm; olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are compositionally unequilibrated. In type 6 clasts, ferroan olivine, diopside, and sodic plagioclase are the predominant mineral phases. Opaques phases are troilite, pentlandite, and Ti-bearing chromite; no metal detected.
Shock stage: S1
Weathering grade: moderate
Classifier: A. Greshake, MNB
This lot comes with certificate of authenticity.
Thanks for your interest.
Northwest Africa 17584 (NWA 17584)
Purchased: 2025
Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6)
History: Purchased by Mohamed Ali Loud in 2025 from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania.
Physical characteristics: Several brownish fragments some of which covered with minor fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a brownish interior and is composed of up to 5 mm sized mostly angular type 3, 6, and black melt clasts in type 3 matrix. Chondrules in type 3 lithologies have an apparent average diameter of about 450 µm; olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are compositionally unequilibrated. In type 6 clasts, ferroan olivine, diopside, and sodic plagioclase are the predominant mineral phases. Opaques phases are troilite, pentlandite, and Ti-bearing chromite; no metal detected.
Shock stage: S1
Weathering grade: moderate
Classifier: A. Greshake, MNB
This lot comes with certificate of authenticity.
Thanks for your interest.
Details
Number of objects
1
Name of meteorite
Meteorite. Rumuruti R3-6.
Type of meteorite
NWA 17584.
Weight
4.95 g
Country of origin
NWA
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