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Blue Star Mars Necklace I Martian Meteorite Silver Pendant with Blue Sapphire
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- $ 1,650.00
Blue Star Mars Necklace
This Martian Meteorite silver pendant features a genuine hand crafted piece of the planet Mars cradled by delicate silver orbits with a brilliant cut blue sapphire orbiting the celestial martian center stone like a twinkling star. It perfectly balances elegant celestial artistry with striking modern design.
The Blue Star Mars pendant holds a genuine Martian meteorite center stone handcrafted in the US into an elegant oval. The Blue Star pendant comes with a signed certificate of authenticity and guarantee. Formed over millions of years on another planet, no two pendants are ever exactly alike. Each center stone represents a unique part of the planet Mars' geology. The center stone was carved from a genuine classified Martian shergottite meteorite analyzed using an electron microprobe, published in the Meteoritical Bulletin, and given the official name Northwest Africa 10441 by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society. The Blue Star martian meteorite pendant brings a unique piece of the planet Mars into your orbit. Make a unique statement in a mass produced world. Nothing else can compare.
Setting and Chain (chain optional): 925 Silver
Pendant Dimensions: 25.6 mm x 19.51 mm x 4.8 mm
Martian Center Stone Dimensions: 15.83 mm x 11.98 mm x 1.99 mm
Official name: NWA 10441
Class: Martian Meteorite (Shergottite)
Year Found: 2015
Country: Northwest Africa
What you get: Pendant with center stone of the Martian Shergottite meteorite with official name NWA 10441, membrane shipping and storage box, and signed Certificate of Authenticity.
We offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy.
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| Northwest Africa 10441 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Basic information |
Name: Northwest Africa 10441 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 10441 Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 239 g |
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| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 337 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as Martian (shergottite). |
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| Comments: | Approved 26 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 10441 (NWA 10441) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: April 2015 Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Purchased by team eegooblago (Brahim Tahiri, Dustin Dickens and Sean Tutorow) while on expedition in Northwest Africa and Western Sahara in April and May 2015. Physical characteristics: Six indentical appearing stones with no fusion crust. Saw-cut surfaces show an intergranular mix of light-green pyroxene and maskelynite. Dark colored melt veins and pockets are prominent, with most showing significant vesiculation. Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite consists of ~50% pyroxene, ~30% maskelynite, and ~15% shock melt. Pyroxenes show igneous zoning, and some are partially melted from shock. Shock melt domains are up to 1 cm wide and many contain vesicles 1-3 mm in diameter. All plagioclase has been transformed to maskelynite. Fe-sulfide, Ti-magnetite, ilmenite, and silica observed. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) Pigeonite Fs49.5±9.2Wo15.7±3.3, Fe/Mn=36±3, n=31; augite Fs28.4±6.7Wo33.3±2.0, Fe/Mn=32±3, n=33; maskelynite An53.8±1.7Ab44.2±2.0Or2.1±0.7. Classification: Martian (shergottite). Specimens: 20.5 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass. |
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| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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