[meteorite-list] AD- Two unusual eucrites NWA 4396/4397

From: Stefan Ralew <stefan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue May 9 17:22:28 2006
Message-ID: <00d401c673ae$a9f24b10$15b2a8c0_at_SN107086710318>

Dear List,

today I would like to introduce another outstanding meteorite. It is a very
unusual and interesting polymict eucrite with a very high content in iron. I
have not seen an eucrite with such a high iron content yet (exception NWA
4397), in my opinion the iron content is about comparable with some
L-chondrites. The matrix is very wild composed of clasts embedded in a fine
grained goundmass, also partly extremely metal poor clasts can be observed.
NWA 4392 is certaily a very unusual and beautiful achondrite but I will
offer some pieces here at a very collector firendly and reasonable price at
$12 /gm. Ordinarily you get for this price only material of usual eucrites
with a high Tkw. This meteorite is highly recommended, not only for the
achondrite collectors. For collectors of unsusual meteorites is NWA 4392 a
first choice.

At the bottom of the page I have listed also some slices of my new NWA 4397
which is another eucrite very rich in metal. NWA 4397 does not seem to be
paired with the NWA 4396. The color of the matrix and the crust is different
than NWA 4396 and the metal content is clearly higher. It is definitively
the eucrite richest in metal which I have ever seen. One can see a lot of
small iron grains in the saw surfaces.
http://www.meteoriten.com/special.html

Best wishes,
Stefan Ralew

SR-Meteorites
Berlin / Germany
Website: www.meteoriten.com
Email address: stefan_at_meteoriten.com
Received on Tue 09 May 2006 05:22:22 PM PDT