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NWA 16549 (15.36 gram)

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Classification: Ordinary chondrite L3 S-1 / W-0/1
Place/Time: 2024 in Algeria
Mass: 15kg

History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Algeria.
Physical characteristics: Many grayish fragments some of which partly covered with fusion crust.
Petrography: The meteorite shows a chondritic texture with sharply outlined, partly flattened and mostly packed chondrules (mean diameter about 0.7 mm) set in a fine-grained grayish matrix that contains sulfides and FeNi metal.

Full slice mirror polished with many chondrules and iron veins