Description: My name is Ruben Garcia - aka MrMeteorite - and I’m a meteorite hunter, dealer, and collector. I began my meteorite adventures in 1998 and since then I have found many thousands of meteorites as well purchased and sold many thousands more. I’ve been featured in many books and magazines about meteorites. Publications like Sky and Telescope, Discover, Iguana, Meteorite Times, and even the latest book by O. Richard and Dorothy Norton, called “What’s so Mysterious about Meteorites?” I’ve also been featured in such TV shows as, Cash and Treasures, Meteorite Men, Nova Science NOW with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the United Stats of America - a program all about various statistics - with Sklar Brothers as hosts. Of course, I’ve also been the subject of newspaper articles all across the country as well as various NPR and BBC radio shows. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE You can bid with confidence since everything I sell is guaranteed to be exactly as listed. I include a handwritten (business card size) certificate of authenticity with each specimen. If you have a question, please feel free to send a message before bidding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin) about this particular meteorite.Northwest Africa 8269 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 8269 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 8269 Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 637 g Classification history: (2014) H7 Recommended: This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as H7. Comments: Approved 1 Mar 2014 Writeup Northwest Africa 8269 (NWA 8269) (Northwest Africa)Purchased: 2013 Aug Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H7) History: Purchased by Alexandre Debienne in August 2013 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Completely recrystallized with triple grain junctions and no chondrules. Olivine, orthopyroxene, augite, sodic plagioclase, merrillite, troilite and abundant kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa19.8-20.0), orthopyroxene (Fs16.5-16.6Wo1.4-1.6), augite (Fs6.1-6.5Wo44.7-44.1). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H7). Specimens: 36 g including one polished probe mount at PSF; remainder with Mr. A. Debienne.
Price: 49.5 USD
Location: Peoria, Arizona
End Time: 2024-12-08T19:26:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.25 USD
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