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Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!
Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!

Meteorite**NWA 14714 Martian Shergottite**22.661 gram slice, PLANET MARS!

$ 448.27

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  • Condition: New
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    Description

    Hello up for sale is NWA 14714 classified as a rare Martian basaltic shergottite
    !!
    This beautiful slice weighs 22.661 Grams with a perfect polish to one side and gorgeous exterior. Saw cut reveals a medium grained cumulate with light and dark crystals, with the darker crystals coinciding with areas that appear to be shock darkened. Numerous black shock melt pockets are present. This meteorite comes with 2 COA cards, Streaming meteorites and Mark Lyon and display case. Thanks for your interest and take care.
    Name: Northwest Africa 14714
    This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
    Abbreviation: NWA 14714
    Observed fall: No
    Year found: 2021
    Country: (Northwest Africa)
    Mass: 4 kg
    Northwest Africa 14714 (NWA 14714)
    (Northwest Africa)
    Purchased: 2021
    Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite)
    History: Purchased January, 2021 by Mark Lyon from a Northwest African dealer
    Physical characteristics: Four identical appearing stones with desert weathered exteriors. Saw cut reveals a medium grained cumulate with light and dark crystals, with the darker crystals coinciding with areas that appear to be shock darkened. Numerous black shock melt pockets are present.
    Petrography: (A. Ross, UNM; D. Dickens, NMMS; C. Agee, UNM) Examination of a polished microprobe mount shows ~50% igneous-zoned subcalcic augite and ~45% maskelynite, with ubiquitous Ti-magnetite, ilmenite, merrillite, and troilite making up the remainder. Shock melt was observed.
    Geochemistry: (A. Ross, UNM) Pigeonite Fs49.4±1.9Wo13.5±1.4, Fe/Mn=35±2, n=10; augite Fs28.0±5.6Wo32.7±1.4, Fe/Mn=31±3, n=10; plagioclase An53.6±0.7Ab45.4±0.8, Or 1.0±0.1, n=6.
    Classification: Martian basaltic shergottite
    Specimens: 21.42 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Mark Lyon holds the main mass.
    Data from:
    MB111
    Table 0
    Line 0:
    Place of purchase:Algeria
    Date:P 2021
    Mass (g):4 kg
    Pieces:4
    Class:Martian (shergottite)
    Shock stage:high
    Weathering grade:moderate
    Ferrosilite (mol%):49.4±1.9, 28.0±5.6
    Wollastonite (mol%):13.5±1.4, 32.7±1.4
    Classifier:C. Agee, UNM; D. Dickens, NMMS
    Type spec mass (g):21.42 g
    Type spec location:UNM
    Main mass:Mark Lyon
    Comments:Field Name ML-15; submitted by D. Dickens