1.21" Cut Chondrite Meteorite Section (8.2 g) - NWA 869

The NWA 869 Meteorite

This specimen is from one of the largest meteorite strewn fields ever discovered. The exact location is unknown since the finders have kept it a secret, but it is somewhere near the Morocco-Algeria border.

Scientifically, this chondrite contains very interesting materials: it is a breccia from the surface of its parent body and contains fragments of many different meteorite types. Enough variation is found in available material that NWA 869 could be sourced from multiple falls. It is primarily an L-type (ordinary) chondrite of differing petrographic grades, but some fragments of carbonaceous, achondritic, and other meteorite types are found in it as well.

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for NWA 869 Meteorite