NWA 12805 (20.80 gram)

Classification: Achondrite Ureilite
Place/Time: 2019 in Morocco
Mass: 671g

History: The meteorite was purchased from a local meteorite dealer in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Brownish fragment without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite shows a cumulate texture of olivine and pigeonite grains with highly variable grain sizes. Coarse-grained regions have grain sizes of up to 2 mm, more fine-grained regions of about 0.5 mm. The meteorite contains flaky graphite; olivine displays characteristic reduced rims.

Geochemistry: reduced rims in olivine: Fa_1.2-4.7; olivine contains 0.76±0.03 wt% Cr₂O₃ and 0.39±0.01 wt% CaO

This one is a pain in the a**. One drum of 150m of diamond wire to cut one slice. But in reality wire is alredy dull in the middle of slice. I dont wanna cut more slices
Slice one side powder grinded (mat finish) and covered with paraloid.