{"product_id":"nwa-14886-l3-melt-breccia-chondrite-main-mass-65-9g","title":"NWA 14886 – L3-Melt Breccia Chondrite Main Mass 65.9g","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Rock That Fell From the Sky 4.5 Billion Years Ago\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Earth had oceans. Before life existed. Before the continents took shape — this rock was already ancient. Forged in the violent early solar system, \u003cstrong\u003eNorthwest Africa 14886\u003c\/strong\u003e survived a catastrophic collision that melted and shattered its parent asteroid, then drifted through space for eons before plummeting through our atmosphere and landing in the Sahara Desert of Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it sits in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Makes NWA 14886 Extraordinary\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not just any meteorite. NWA 14886 is officially classified as an \u003cstrong\u003eL3-melt breccia\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the rarest subtypes in meteoritics. Of the tens of thousands of meteorites catalogued by the Meteoritical Society, \u003cstrong\u003eonly 5 in the entire world\u003c\/strong\u003e carry this classification. You are looking at one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark, brooding surface tells the story of an ancient catastrophe: a hypervelocity impact so powerful it partially melted the rock, creating a chaotic mosaic of pristine type 3 chondrule clasts — some of the most primitive, unaltered material in the solar system — locked inside a glassy shock-melt matrix. Under a microscope, you can see FeNi metal and sulfide spherules frozen mid-flight, chondrules crosscut by shock veins, and mineral fragments caught in the act of dissolving into the melt. It is geology and violence and time, all compressed into 65.9 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecimen Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northwest Africa 14886 (NWA 14886)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClassification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ordinary Chondrite — L3-melt breccia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece:\u003c\/strong\u003e Main Mass — 65.9 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 55 × 51 × 19 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTotal known mass:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102 g (type specimen 20.4 g held at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear found:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021, Talsint, Morocco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eApproved:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9 May 2022 — Meteoritical Bulletin MB 111 (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eScientific Data\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShock stage:\u003c\/strong\u003e S3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeathering grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e W2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMagnetic susceptibility (log χ):\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.67\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFayalite:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14.4 ± 8.2 mol% (n=18)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFerrosilite:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.0 ± 7.3 mol% (n=14)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWollastonite:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 ± 0.2 mol% (n=14)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClassifier:\u003c\/strong\u003e A. Greshake, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MNB)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eL-group confirmed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Magnetic susceptibility — Rochette et al., \u003cem\u003eMeteorit. Planet. Sci.\u003c\/em\u003e 38, 251–268 (2003)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProvenance \u0026amp; Authenticity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePurchased directly from a meteorite dealer in Talsint, Morocco in December 2021. Officially registered with the \u003cstrong\u003eMeteoritical Society\u003c\/strong\u003e and published in \u003cem\u003eMeteoritical Bulletin MB 111\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the main mass — the largest single piece of NWA 14886 available outside of the institutional type specimen. No fusion crust is present; the exterior is a dark brownish matrix that reflects the specimen's ancient, unweathered interior structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buy Meteorite LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47955882115259,"sku":"NWA-14886-MM-659","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/2054\/7515\/files\/Meteorite_chondrite_L3_melt_breccia_2826.jpg?v=1781286808","url":"https:\/\/buymeteorite.com\/es\/products\/nwa-14886-l3-melt-breccia-chondrite-main-mass-65-9g","provider":"Buy Meteorite LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}