NWA 13006 Polished, Etched Slice 230.5g Iron (IIIAB) Meteorite impactite Tektites are still poorly understood

Tektites are still poorly understood

1 cts or 8

situated on the Kosva River near Shirokovsky village and the cities of Ugle-Uralsk and Kizel

this beautiful meteorite is a piece of an asteroid known as Vesta

but it is almost identical to what NASA brought back from the surface of the moon on the Apollo 16 mission

NWA 13006 Polished, Etched Slice 230.5g Iron (IIIAB) Meteorite impactite Tektites are still poorly understoodThis awesome piece of iron is NWA 13006. It was found December of 2019 in Niger. Only 3. 96 kilos were found. This iron has a well developed Widmanstatten pattern consistent with a medium octahedrite. No inclusions were observed when cut. Terrestrial alteration appears to have only affected the exterior surface making this a very beautiful iron meteorite to add to any collection. It has been expertly cut, polished, stabilized and etched on the front