{"product_id":"366-9g-h5-chondrite-pending-approval-with-provisional-name-ksar-tarcine-006","title":"366.9g H5 Chondrite Main Mass I Found in Tunisia","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOn Offer:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366.9 gram H5 Chondrite Ksar Tarcine 006 (awaiting publication).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Name: *\u003c\/strong\u003eKSAR TARCINE 006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e*This meteorite has been approved by the Nomenclature Committee and is awaiting publication in the Meteoritical Bulletin.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eH5 Chondrite\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLocation of Find:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tunisia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear Find:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e366.9 gram \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKsar Tarcine 006, H5 Chondrite meteorite. This is the \"main mass\" for this classification and the only specimens of Ksar Tarcine 006 available on the market. The piece that was cut from the end was used for analysis and for the repository type sample that is held at the Swedish Natural History Museum in Stockholm.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Found March 4, 2026 by Daoud Dridi while searching for artifacts and fossils in the Madaniyin region of Tunisia.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Characteristics:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cut and polished face shows an interior with many chondrules and metal veinlets and blebs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePetrography:\u003c\/strong\u003e Microprobe examination shows a chondritic texture with many well defined metal-rimmed chondrules. A network of fine anastomosing metal veinlets extends throughout the matrix and often transect chondrules. Metal has been mostly converted to oxides, Opaques are kamacite, magnetite, troilite and chromite.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e366.9g H5 Chondrite meteorite \"main mass\" specimen as shown, and signed Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Chondrites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare undifferentiated\u003cspan\u003e meteorites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat have not been modified due to\u003cspan\u003e melting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e differentiation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the parent body.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey are formed when various types of dust, water ice, small mineral grains, chondrules and chondrule fragments present in the early solar system accreted to form primitive\u003cspan\u003e asteroids\u003c\/span\u003e. They are the most common type of meteorite that falls to Earth with estimates for the proportion of the total fall that they represent varying between 85.7%\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand 86.2%, with most of those chondrites being equilibrated ordinary chondrites, often referred to as simply ordinary chondrites (OC) or equilibrated chondrites (EC).\u003cspan\u003e The Ordinary Chondrites come in three types (LL, L, and H) depending on the iron content of their olivine and pyroxene. Each of these three types are then given petrological grades between 3 and 7 depending on how equilibrated they are, with 3 being the least equilibrated and 7 being the most equilibrated. There are several less common types of chondrites including; Carbonaceous Chondrites (C), Enstatite Chondrites (E), Rumuruti-like Chondrites (R), and Kakangari-like Chondrites (K). \u003c\/span\u003eThe study of the ordinary chondrites and the other types of chondrites provides important clues for understanding the origin and age of the\u003cspan\u003e Solar System,\u003c\/span\u003e the synthesis of\u003cspan\u003e organic compounds\u003c\/span\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e origin of life, and\u003c\/span\u003e how Earth got its water\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e One of the key characteristics of the chondrites is the presence of\u003cspan\u003e chondrules,\u003c\/span\u003e which are complex spherical mineral grains, often glassy and having gone through multiple rapid heating events. 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