NWA 2986 METEORITE MEDAL

NWA 2986 MARS METEORITE MEDAL

 

Route 66Generously sized fragment NWA 2986 Mars Meteorite.

 

Limited production run of only 250 medals

This is the second series of NWA 2986 Coins/Medals

The number shown in the photo is NOT the exact  number you will receive.  It will be a number between 1 and 250

 

Comes with a CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.  

   
                       
This is a shiny "nickel" coin/medal with a photo insert of the planet Mars and a specimen of the NWA 2986 Martian meteorite embedded.  Each coin measures two inches in diameter, 4.5 mm thick. 

Attached in a recessed crater on the front of the coin is an authentic specimen (fragment) of the NWA 2986 Mars meteorite. 

The back of the coin gives basic information on the fall and is sequentially         numbered.  

Production run was limited to 250 coins.

   

 

       
CLASSIFICATION:

  • Northwest Africa 2986

  • Found in Algeria

  • Achondrite (Martian Basaltic Shergottite)

NWA 2986 belongs to the basaltic shergottite subgroup of Martian meteorites that is typified by Ca-rich pyroxene (augite), Ca-poor pyroxene (pigeonite), large amounts of plagioclase (now, shock-formed maskelynite) and minor amounts of phosphates and Fe-, Ti-oxides. The pyroxenes are compositionally zoned, i. e., Mg-rich crystal cores and Fe-rich rims that formed in a rapidly cooled magmatic flow. However, NWA 2986 is unusual in that the zoning is mostly lacking and may indicate that it cooled more slowly in a thicker volcanic flow (> 10 meters) and/or deeper flow compared with the other known basaltic shergottites.  In addition, NWA 2986 is probably the freshest of Martian finds and is very close in freshness to that of observed falls, for example, Zagami.


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