Description: This is the newest Martian on the market! Meet Amgala 001! It's 2.95 grams in weight and the measurements are about 20x14x8mm. Here is the classification information below. Amgala 001Basic informationName: 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 296 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). Comments:Approved 30 Jul 2023WriteupWriteup from MB 112: Amgala 001 26.014°N, 11.020°WSaguia el Hamra, Western SaharaPurchased: 2022 DecClassification: 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). This Martian Shergottite meteorite is in the process of being classified by Tony Irving. We should know the NWA number for it by the end of May, but it could be in June or July. I will send out COA's as soon as I get the info on it. I will save your address and send a COA card and Info card when the info is published. Once classified the value easily can go up. Plus, I will probably be sold out of them by then. It's very rare to see small individual Martian meteorites. You get this as found whole individual Martian meteorite. I don't have a lot of these rare small individual meteorites. When I am out, I will be out. Nice specimen for your collection. Authenticity guaranteed. Information card included. I will combine the cost of shipping for all the items you win during a 2-week period that are paid for in a single transaction. Postage is $6.49 for all items bought over a 2-week period but MUST pay in one transaction when finished bidding.
Price: 204.95 USD
Location: Tombstone, Arizona
End Time: 2024-02-08T11:34:10.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.49 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type of Mineral: meteorite
Specimen Type: Display Specimens
Item Type: Meteorite
