1.32 gram slice. 9 x 21 x 3 mm. LL3.15
TKW 288 grams. Fall not observed. Purchased in 2002 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco.
  
Cal writes:
As a novice collector (about a dozen or so years ago, a time when I
didn't know enough to buy online) I would purchase meteorites from a
mineral/fossil dealer at a local flea market. He would have one or two
trays of relatively common meteorites in Riker mounts at the back of his
booth that I would rummage through. I thought that I did real well to
buy this attractive slice labeled H3.8 (see pic 3) and loaded with
colorful chondrules from him for a pretty low price. When I brought it
home and checked the entry in the MetBull, I was dismayed to discover
that it was in the database as provisional, classification unknown. So I
placed it to the back of my H-chondrite shelf and hoped that it would
get an official classification some day.
Well, that day arrived earlier this month when NWA 1289 was classified
and approved not as a H3.8, but as a LL3.15 with a TKW of 288 g. So now
I get to move it from the back of the pretty crowded H-chondrite shelf
to the front of the much less crowded LL-chondrite shelf!
Click to view larger photos #1 #2 #3
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