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Thin section between crossed polarizers.   CO3

TKW 380 grams. Fall not observed. Found 25 March 2017, Antofagasta, Chile.

 


Timur writes:
My first carbonaceous chondrite find. The search was made on foot. The degree of oxidation is not high. The meteorite was divided into several fragments.

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John Divelbiss
 1/26/2018 2:57:46 PM		 thanks, and I did see it has a brown crust, so it must have been an obvious meteorite in situ. Congrats again.
Timur Kryachko
 1/25/2018 1:54:34 PM		 This meteorite was located in a washing section of the desert, and was divided into several fragments. I immediately realized that this is not an ordinary chondrite.
John Divelbiss
 1/25/2018 10:18:53 AM		 Timur, congrats for the CO find. Was it easy to see that it could be a meteorite at first glance in situ?
Peter Marmet
 1/25/2018 1:13:50 AM		 Great photos! Thank you, Timur!
 

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