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NWA 5885 AUBRITE Meteorite Endcut, Achondrite, COA. Very Low TKW!

$24.28

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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Morocco

Description

NWA 5885 Aubrite end cut, very rare meteorite!
Weight: 0.73g
VERY low Total Known Weight, only 98g!
Comes with a certificate of authenticity.
I can combine shipping.
A recent paper proposes that aubrites (a class of similar meteorites like this one), are samples of ancient Mercury, parts of its mantle that were blasted off in a massive collision, removing a third of its mass.  Some of the material ended up in the asteroid belt, pushed by the intense solar winds or that epoch, forming the E-type asteroids. And like many other asteroids, various gravitational resonances with Jupiter eventually flung this material to Earth, a time capsule from the formative years of our solar system. Although no samples have been returned from Mercury, meteorites, such as aubrites, can be studied as mercurian analogues.
Name: Northwest Africa 5885. This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5885
Year found: 2009
Country: (Northwest Africa)
This is 1 of 78 approved meteorites classified as Aubrite.