5.09g CM2 Tinina 001 Meteorite I New Carbonaceous Chondrite

On Offer: 5.09g Tinina 001 complete slice of a new CM2 aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrite from Lybia. Dimensions: 46mm x 28mm x 2mm Type: CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Year found: 2023 Country: Libya Description: An amazing 5.09 gram full slice of the new Tinina 001 CM2 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite. This meteorite was interacting with water on its parent asteroid while still in space. Contact with this extraterrestrial water has altered many of its silicate minerals to be hydrous phyllosilicates. These slices reveal a dark black interior with many gray-white areas <1 mm, and rare small bright metal flecks. Most of he outer edges of the slices cut from this meteorite display a pristine fresh black fusion crust. I really enjoyed analyzing and classifying this meteorite. While it was perhaps the most difficult meteorite I have ever worked on, it was also the most rewarding. It pushed my boundaries on many levels and gave me a new appreciation for just how complex and enigmatic t