Fresh EL3 Enstatite Chondrite w/METALS! - NWA 15359 meteorite - 0.70 g wedge cut

Description

Very Fresh RARE NEW Classification 1 of only 26 - NWA 15359 (EL3 - W0/S2) - 0.70 g meteorite wedge end cut.
This is my 18th classification and is a super looking unique meteorite.
SIZE: 15x6x6 mm
NOTE TO BUYER: This meteorite is difficult to photograph showing high metals...the three (3) pictures at the end are of the 305 gram main mass that IS NOT FOR SALE, but for reference...only the 0.70 gram
wedge end cut
is in the auction.
The classification of NWA 15359 was done by
A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU in 2022.
Northwest Africa 15359
(NWA 15359)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: 2022
Classification: Enstatite chondrite (EL3)
History
: Purchased by John Divelbiss in 2022 from a dealer in Riverside, California, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source.
Petrography
: (A. Irving,
UWS
and J. Boesenberg,
BrownU
) Well-formed, highly magnesian glass-bearing chondrules (apparent diameter 740±450 µm, N = 24) are set in a fresh fine-grained matrix (~15 vol.%, opaque in thin section) containing Si-bearing kamacite, daubreelite, alabandite, Ti-Cr bearing troilite, oldhamite, silica polymorph and intermediate plagioclase.
Geochemistry
: Forsterite (Fa
0.2±0.3
, range Fa
0.1-0.8
, N = 6), enstatite (Fs
0.4±0.2
Wo
1.0±0.1
, range Fs
0.2-0.8
Wo
0.8-1.3
, N = 12), diopside (Fs
0.9±0.3
Wo
46.5±0.5
, range Fs
0.5-1.2
Wo
47.1-46.1
, N = 4), kamacite (Ni 6.7-8.1 wt.%, Si 0.7 wt.%, N = 6).
Classification
: Enstatite chondrite (EL3).
Specimens
: 24.6 g including one polished thin section at
UWB
; remainder with Mr. J. Divelbiss.
Place of purchase:
Riverside, CA
Date:
P 2022
Mass (g):
525
Pieces:
1
Class:
EL3
Shock stage:
S2
Weathering grade:
W0
Fayalite (mol%):
0.2±0.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):
0.4±0.2
Wollastonite (mol%):
1.0±0.1
Classifier:
A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU
Type spec mass (g):
24.5
Type spec location:
UWB
Main mass:
J. Divelbiss
Comments:
Work name JD22-13; submitted by A. Irving