{"product_id":"0-38g-angrite-i-rare-differentiated-meteorite-nwa-10646","title":"0.38g Angrite I Rare Differentiated Meteorite - NWA 10646","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOn Offer:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38g Angrite NWA 10646 - Achondrite. This is an exceptionally rare angrite with a very low total known weight (TKW) of only 14 grams.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northwest Africa 10646\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbbreviation:\u003c\/b\u003e NWA 10646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Angrite\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTKW:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14g\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morocco\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYear found: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e2016\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e One of only a few remaining specimens of this rare achondrite available to collectors and researchers. At 0.38 grams, this fragment of NWA 10646 is sufficient for SIMS, XRD, ICP-MS, Atom Probe Tomography and other analysis techniques, or as a rare addition to any discerning meteorite collection. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNew APB Research: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-113\"\u003eA recent study led by our colleague Aaron S. Bell (University of Colorado Boulder) provides the first direct petrological evidence that the Angrite Parent Body (APB) was not a small, Vesta-like asteroid, but a massive protoplanet with a radius ranging between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-113\"\u003e1,000 km to over 1,800 km. This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-113 citation-end-113\"\u003emeans it was comparable in size to Pluto, Earth's Moon, or possibly even approaching the size of Mars.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38g NWA10646 Angrite meteorite specimen as shown, membrane storage\/display box, and Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" id=\"maintable\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tablefat\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; color: #000000; font-family: Times;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee;\"\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"insidehead\" colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-left: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-right: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"\u003eNorthwest Africa 10646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003eBasic information\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eName:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwest Africa 10646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003e     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbbreviation:\u003c\/b\u003e NWA 10646\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserved fall: \u003c\/b\u003eNo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear found: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCountry: \u003c\/b\u003e(Northwest Africa)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003eMass:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 14 g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003eClassification\u003cbr\u003e  history:\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" summary=\"used for layout\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended:  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAngrite\u003c\/b\u003e             \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis is 1 of 28 approved meteorites classified as Angrite.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003eComments:\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003eApproved 15 May 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"\u003eWriteup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"writeup\"\u003e\n\u003cbig\u003e\u003cu\u003eWriteup from MB 105:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"outline: blue solid 1px; margin: 6px; padding: 4px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorthwest Africa 10646\u003c\/strong\u003e (NWA 10646)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBIndent\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(Northwest Africa)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBIndent\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePurchased: 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBIndent\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClassification: Angrite\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e: Purchased by Dustin Dickens, February 2016, from a Moroccan dealer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical characteristics\u003c\/strong\u003e: Single piece, some fine desert soil on surface, partial fresh fusion crust. Broken surfaces show a fresh polycrystalline aggregate of mm-sized green, yellow, and black minerals. Friable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePetrography\u003c\/strong\u003e: (C. Agee, \u003ci\u003eUNM\u003c\/i\u003e) This meteorite has a granular texture of fassaite (~50%) and olivine (~30%) up to ~1 mm, with stubby plagioclase laths (~15%) up to 300 μm. Some olivines have exsolved kirschsteinite. Accessory titanium-iron oxides and troilite were observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeochemistry\u003c\/strong\u003e: (C. Agee and M. Spilde, \u003ci\u003eUNM\u003c\/i\u003e) Fassaite Fs\u003csub\u003e17.0±7.1\u003c\/sub\u003eWo\u003csub\u003e52.7±1.3\u003c\/sub\u003e, range: Fs\u003csub\u003e12.0-29.6\u003c\/sub\u003e, Fe\/Mn=88±16, Al\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003eO\u003csub\u003e3\u003c\/sub\u003e (wt%)=7.6±1.6, TiO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e (wt%)=1.6±0.9, n=6; olivine Fa\u003csub\u003e55.4±13.7\u003c\/sub\u003eLrn3.5±1.6, range Fa\u003csub\u003e28.7-78.6\u003c\/sub\u003e, Fe\/Mn=87±6, n=8; kirschsteinite Fa\u003csub\u003e49.7\u003c\/sub\u003eLrn\u003csub\u003e45.8\u003c\/sub\u003e, Fe\/Mn=81, n=1; plagioclase An\u003csub\u003e99.4±0.1\u003c\/sub\u003e, n=5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassification\u003c\/strong\u003e: Angrite based on Fe\/Mn, and presence of fassaite, kirschsteinite, and nearly pure anorthite. Paired with NWA 10463.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MBNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecimens\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2.9 g including a probe mount on deposit at \u003ci\u003eUNM\u003c\/i\u003e, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003eData from:\u003cbr\u003e  MB105\u003cbr\u003e  Table 0\u003cbr\u003e  Line 0:\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace of purchase:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMorocco\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eP 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMass (g):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePieces:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eClass:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAngrite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eShock stage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003elow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeathering grade:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003elow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eFayalite (mol%):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55.4±13.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerrosilite (mol%):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.0±7.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eWollastonite (mol%):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e52.7±1.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassifier:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eC. Agee, UNM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eType spec mass (g):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eType spec location:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUNM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMain mass:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDustin Dickens\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eComments:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eField name TMS-2; submitted by C. Agee, UNM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\u003cbig\u003eInstitutions\u003cbr\u003e   and collections\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"inside\" style=\"background-color: #ddffee; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meteor\/MetBullCollectionInfo.php?coll=UNM\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eUNM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/meteorite.unm.edu\/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c\/a\u003e (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Top Meteorite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49040340549857,"sku":"NWA10646_26_0.38_02","price":214.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2762\/files\/Meteorite-Top-Angrite-NWA10646_NWA10646_26_0.38_02_6.jpg?v=1788655807","url":"https:\/\/topmeteorite.com\/en-ca\/products\/0-38g-angrite-i-rare-differentiated-meteorite-nwa-10646","provider":"Top Meteorite","version":"1.0","type":"link"}