Temple Bar CR2

TB0.1

Rare Locale Micromount

A small fragment of carbonaceous renazzo (CR2). The total known is very low at 126 g.. This is the last one in inventory. Though it is small, chondrules are visible in the surface.

7 x 5 x 1.9 mm

0.09 g fragment

$100.00

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Temple Bar

Location:
  • USA
    • Arizona
Found: 1998
Group:
  • Stone
Type:
  • Carbonaceous chondrite
Class:
  • Renazzo CR2
Total known weight: 126

A 126 g stone was found by a prospector near the road, 7 miles south of Temple Bar. Classification and mineralogy (M. Killgore, SWML): chondrules range from 0.4 to 4 mm, and comprise ~50 vol%; metal occurs mostly inside chondrules; brownish-yellow phyllosilicates present; olivine, Fa2.3, range Fa0.7–4.3, n = 10; probably little shocked; weathering grade, W5.

Slightly weathered stone which is packed full of chondrules. A CR2 is among the most primitive chondrites formed in the early solar system.