Suizhou Meteorite — A Meteorite Fragment Containing New Mineral
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Shuzhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
The Suizhou meteorite shower occurred on April 15, 1986 in China’s Hubei Province. Suizhou is most widely known for containing a mineral never before seen in nature; found in the thin veins of shock melt running through Suizhou is a new high-pressure polymorph of the mineral merrillite. Suizhou also provides some of the best specimens of a “cream matrix with rich black fusion crust” meteorite—an ideal richly evident in this attractive fragment.
72 x 69 x 29mm (2.75 x 2.75 x 1.25in) and 275 grams
Shuzhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
The Suizhou meteorite shower occurred on April 15, 1986 in China’s Hubei Province. Suizhou is most widely known for containing a mineral never before seen in nature; found in the thin veins of shock melt running through Suizhou is a new high-pressure polymorph of the mineral merrillite. Suizhou also provides some of the best specimens of a “cream matrix with rich black fusion crust” meteorite—an ideal richly evident in this attractive fragment.
72 x 69 x 29mm (2.75 x 2.75 x 1.25in) and 275 grams
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US$ 717
inc. premium
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Category: Natural History
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