08927 -Top Rare NWA IMB Impact Melt Breccia Chondrite Meteorite Polished Section 21.8 g Eudolatites † Coosella
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
† Coosella
83 g fusion-crusted stone in three pieces
The matrix also contains phyllosyllicates as indicated by low microprobe totals
7 Wollastonite (mol%): 2
Tabular brown hornblendes appear in a mass of highly altered plagioclase
08927 -Top Rare NWA IMB Impact Melt Breccia Chondrite Meteorite Polished Section 21.8 g Eudolatites † CoosellaBeautiful example of a huge polished 120. 4 g section of this rare type of Chondrite Impact Melt Breccia. The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avils Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA 5681). Impact melt breccias are the result of a major shock between asteroids and parent bodies. They can be of a chondritic or an achondritic source, they range from simple shock veins up to complete