Description: My name is Ruben Garcia - aka MrMeteorite - and I’m a meteorite hunter, dealer, and collector. I began my meteorite adventures in 1998 and since then I have found many thousands of meteorites as well purchased and sold many thousands more. I’ve been featured in many books and magazines about meteorites. Publications like Sky and Telescope, Discover, Iguana, Meteorite Times, and even the latest book by O. Richard and Dorothy Norton, called “What’s so Mysterious about Meteorites?” I’ve also been featured in such TV shows as, Cash and Treasures, Meteorite Men, Nova Science NOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the United Stats of America - a program all about various statistics - with Sklar Brothers as hosts. Of course, I’ve also been the subject of newspaper articles all across the country as well as various NPR and BBC radio shows. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE You can bid with confidence since everything I sell is guaranteed to be exactly as listed. I include a handwritten (business card size) certificate of authenticity with each specimen. If you have a question, please feel free to send a message before bidding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin) about this particular meteorite.Amgala 001 Basic information Name: Amgala 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2022 Country: Western Sahara Mass: 34.67 kg Classification history: Recommended: Martian (shergottite) This is 1 of 307 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). Comments: Approved 30 Jul 2023 Writeup Amgala 001 26.014°N, 11.020°W Saguia el Hamra, Western SaharaPurchased: 2022 Dec Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Multiple stones were found together in December 2022 near Meharrize. Said Muftah Bachir and Ziyao Wang bought 12 kg together from the finders, including the largest 5200 g individual; Mark Lyon acquired 19165 g from two different dealers; Aziz Habibi obtained 3500 g from another dealer. Physical characteristics: Weathered exterior surfaces of the stones are brown with a distinctive knobby appearance. Fresh interiors are greenish-gray with darker olivine phenocrysts visible. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Zoned olivine phenocrysts (up to 2 mm in length) are set in a groundmass with variable grainsize composed predominantly of prismatic, zoned clinopyroxene and lath-like maskelynite, together with accessory alkali feldspar, pyrrhotite, ulvöspinel, chromite (with variable Ti content), ilmenite, baddeleyite and chlorapatite. Thin opaque shock veins crosscut the specimen as well as secondary calcite veinlets. Olivine phenocrysts contain small patches of alteration products (red-brown in thin section). Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa31.7-56.6, FeO/MnO = 52-55, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs27.7-48.4Wo10.4-9.8, FeO/MnO = 29-35, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs20.7-30.4Wo32.5-34.6, FeO/MnO = 28-32, N = 2), maskelynite (An47.4-50.5Or2.2-1.7, N = 2), alkali feldspar (Ab49.4Or34.0An16.7). Classification: Shergottite (olivine-phyric). Specimens: 68.3 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. S. Bachir/WangZ (12 kg), Mr. M. Lyon (19165 g) and Mr. A. Habibi (3500 g). Data from: MB112 Table 0 Line 0: State/Prov/County:Saguia el Hamra Place of purchase:Algeria and Morocco Date:P 2022 Dec Latitude:26.014°N Longitude:11.020°W Mass (g):34665 Pieces:many Class:Martian (shergottite) Shock stage:high Weathering grade:low Fayalite (mol%):31.7-56.6 Ferrosilite (mol%):27.7-48.4; 20.7-30.4 Wollastonite (mol%):8.0-10.4; 32.5-34.6 Classifier:(A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Type spec mass (g):68.3 Type spec location:UWB Main mass:M. Lyon/S. Bachir and WangZ/A. Habibi Comments:Work name SMB-20; submitted by A. Irving
Price: 489 USD
Location: Peoria, Arizona
End Time: 2024-02-01T08:00:01.000Z
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