8.69 grams slice 35x29x4mm Ksar Ghilane 022 Achondrite Ungrouped meteorite + COA

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8.69 grams slice 35x29x4mm Ksar Ghilane 022 Achondrite Ungrouped meteorite + COA:
$284.00

Ksar Ghilane 022
Name:Ksar Ghilane 022
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:KG 022
Observed fall:No
Year kgRecommended:Achondrite-ungThis is 1 of 166 approved meteorites classified as Achondrite-ung.Approved 20 May 2024

Ksar Ghilane 022(KG 022)32.559°N,9.508°E

Tatawin, Tunisia Purchased: 2023

Classification: Ungrouped achondrite

History: Found in Tunisia in 2023. Purchased by AdamAaronsonin February and November 2023 from a Libyan dealer. Portions of the material were subsequently provided to Craig Zlimen at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in February 2024, and in turn acquired by Robert Ward, Brian Caress and Ben Hoefnagels.

Physical characteristics: A single large stone (25 kg) and many smaller pieces found with it. Most of the stones lack fusion crust and have mottled, dark and light gray granular exteriors. However, several pieces are partly coated by black fusion crust. The interiors of the stones have the appearance of equigranular aggregates of light gray and whitish grains.

Petrography:The specimen is composed predominantly (>90 vol.%) of almost end-member augite (mostly as equant grains, mean grainsize ~1.5 mm) accompanied by minor enstatite and accessory Cr-troilite, daubreelite, alabandite and an Mn-Fe oxide phase. Enstatite occurs as small irregular inclusions or sparse fine lamellae within augite grains, and different macroscopic colors of the augite grains apparently reflect differing concentrations of sulfide inclusions. Some secondary calcite veins are present throughout.

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.

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