Impact Melt Breccia IMB
El Kachla , NWA
722
Found in April 2000
TKW :1,280 kg + 2.8Kg in 4 individuals
recently discover
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 melting of the rock source (over
20 GPa).
NWA 722 presents all these stages and sometimes in the same
individual, this meteorite is of interest because it's one of the
best-preserved IMB chondrites available. What makes it spectacular
is that in most case, metal flows are visible
within the melted part surrounding the partially melted islands...
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NWA 722 00
Wonderful half stone with crust showing the original chondrite,
fully melted matrix...
This specimen is pictured in the O Richard Norton book "
Field Guide to Meteors & Meteorires" page 48.
234 gr
$ price
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NWA 722 01
69.50 gr
Endcut with crust and very nice melted matrix
SOLD
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NWA 722 02
38 gr
Endcut with crust and very nice melted matrix
$ 570 |
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NWA 722 03
53 gr
Endcut with crust with unbelievable matrix !
$ 800
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NWA 722 04
30.43 gr
Endcut with crust and melted matrix
SOLD
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NWA 722 05
22.36 gr
Endcut with melted matrix, just have a look on the
picture and enjoy !
$ 550
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NWA 722 06
21.50 gr
Endcut with crust and incredibly nice melted matrix
SOLD
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NWA 722 07
20.30 gr
Endcut with crust and incredibly nice melted matrix
SOLD
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NWA 722 08
12.38 gr
Endcut with crust and nice melted matrix
SOLD
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NWA 722 09
5.31 gr
Nice slice showing the famous melted matrix
SOLD
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More slices are available, drop us an email !!
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