DAG 1037 (SNC) - 9.6g Slice with Large Melt Vein and Vesicles

DAG 1037 (Dar al Gani 1037) is a beautiful Martian meteorite that was found in Libya during 1999. This is a very large thin museum quality slice and is very representative of what a beautiful Martian Shergottite looks like. This particular specimen has a very large dark melt vein running through it which also has a number of vesicles enclosed within it. At widest points this slice measures 63mm x 45mm. Please email me with any questions or queries.

Dar al Gani 1037
Libya:  27d 20.00' N, 16d 13.00' E
Found 1999

Martian SNC Meteorite (Basaltic Shergottite)

Ten stones totalling 4012.43 g were found early 1999 in the sand desert of Dar al Gani. The biggest individual was a complete individual of 3090 g with perfect orientation and rather fresh appearance. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz): an olivine-phyric shergottite with porphyritic texture; large chemically zoned olivine megacrysts are set into a fine-grained groundmass composed of pyroxene and maskelynite; minor phases include chromite, Ti-rich chromite, sulfides, phosphates, and small Fe-rich olivines; olivine megacrysts often contain melt inclusions and small chromites; pyroxenes are dominantly chemically zoned pigeonites, some contain orthopyroxene cores; olivine phenocrysts, Fa31.4-41.1, Fe/Mn.

Price: $4800 SOLD

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DAG 1037 (Shergottite)
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