Lot 78
Ouzina
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection
Auction: 18 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£938
Description
Polished part slice
Dimensions
11.1g, 3.1 x 1.6 x 1.1cm
Footnote
Ouzina (Algerian Border, Morocco) R4 (stone) - found 1999
One of the very rarest types of meteorites - a Rumurutiite. Ouzina has a light brown matrix with blue/grey coloured chondrules. In true Rumurutiite fashion, nickel iron metal is almost completely absent, having oxidised-out while still in space.