Lot 796
Carbonaceous Meteorite With Stardust. Carbonaceous meteorites are stony meteorites that contain chondrites (spherical shaped minerals that formed from the cloud of dust that formed our solar system. They are high in carbon and contain organic compounds including amino acids which are the building blocks of life. Just recently, nucleobases which are small molecules found in DNA and RNA have been found in pristine Antarctica carbonaceous meteorites. Some of the necleobases found are very rare in Earth biology.
NWA 6368 aCV3 carbonaceous meteorite was found in the Sahara desert of Morocco in 2009 consisting of hundreds of mostly small fragments weighing slightly less than 6 kg total. This 1.75 x .9 inch 8.24 gram full slice has been polished on both sides revealing many multi-colored different sized chondrites as well as several white Calcium Aluminum inclusions including one large piece on its edge. CAI's are thought to be the very first compounds that solidified out of the gases of the SuperNovae that preceded the formation of our Solar System, real stardust. These CAI's are therefore older than any other materials such as rocks that formed with our Solar System. In a 4.25 x 3.25 inch Riker Mount.
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Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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