Rocks From Space Picture of the Day
July 9, 2006
Unclassified 456 gram NWA meteorite in the shape of a half-moon. Smooth ablation
on all but one surfaces. Rear shows some regmaglyption. Small corner missing
displaying an olivine rich unweathered matrix with some Ni-Fe visible in
submilimeter sized concretions. Puchased in Ensisheim/France from Moroccan
finder. NMR scalecube is 10.00mm.
Credit & copyright: Dr. Svend Buhl (www.niger-meteorite-recon.de)
Author & editor: Michael Johnson (SPACEROCKSINC.com)
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