NWA 15203 (H3) meteorite part slice - 20.7 g (W1/S2) - NICE material cut from a 3.442 KG specimen 

NEW Classification - NWA 15203 (H3) - (Nice METALs and Chondrules) This is my 13th classification and is a nice-looking high metal meteorite.    

The classification of NWA 15203 was done by A. Irving, UWS, and J. Boesenberg, BrownU in 2022.

History: Purchased by John Divelbiss in December 2021 from a dealer in Riverside, California, who had obtained the material from a Moroccan source.

Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and J. Boesenberg, BrownU.) Relatively small, well-formed, somewhat unequilibrated chondrules containing devitrified glass are set in a relatively coarse grained matrix containing stained kamacite, taenite, chromite, troilite and chlorapatite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa20.6±3.2, PMD = 11.0%, range Fa16.2-27.4, N = 9), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs15.8±6.1Wo1.2±0.9, range Fs7.0-25.0Wo0.2-2.9, N = 7). Magnetic susceptibility log χ (× 10-9 m3/kg) = 5.24.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3).

Specimens: 29.5 g including one polished thin section at UWB; remainder with Mr. J. Divelbiss.



Condition is New. Shipped with USPS First Class Package.