08865 - Top Rare Polished Thin Section NWA Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3 Type - 2.584 g Carpopenaeus callirostris shoreface (3)

shoreface (3)

In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests in natural matrix coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco)

Northwest Africa

The rock is porphyritic basalt (Le Maître et al

Halley 1979

08865 - Top Rare Polished Thin Section NWA Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3 Type - 2.584 g Carpopenaeus callirostris shoreface (3)Beautiful example of 2. 584 g of this rare type of Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3. The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avils Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA 5681). Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites