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Zagami   contributed by Steve Brittenham, IMCA 2184   MetBul Link


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19.2 grams. 54 x 29 x 4 mm.   Martian (shergottite)

TKW 18 kg. Observed fall October 3, 1962, in Zagami, Katsina Province, Nigeria.

Found at the green arrow on this map.
 


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Steve Brittenham
 6/15/2017 11:47:25 PM
Thanks, Murray! I've got a lot of cool things from NEMS in the past too. Russ is a great guy and has some really rare stuff.
Murray Paulson
 6/15/2017 2:13:58 PM
Awesome piece. Zagami was also my first planetary courtesy of NEMS. No crust on that one. You are a lucky man!
Steve Brittenham
 6/15/2017 12:02:34 PM
Hi John and Bernd. This came from an old collection and I was indeed very lucky to have been at the right place at the right time when it became available last year. I have a small quarter gram piece with fusion crust on one edge - more of a crumb actually, but two decades ago it was my first planetary acquisition - and as you can imagine, it required a microscope to see much of anything :). At least this piece shows Zagami's texture and can be appreciated with the naked eye! Now if it only had some fusion crust . . .
Bernd Pauli
 6/15/2017 4:55:42 AM
19.2 grams ... Wow!!!
John Hope
 6/15/2017 3:04:34 AM
Very nice part slice Steve,lucky man!!!!
 

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