08978 - Top Rare 2.110 g NWA Unclassified Ureilite Achondrite Meteorite Polished Section Knightia Meteoritical Bulletin Database

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Halisaurus arambourgi

Very rare species

with vestige of soft parts that

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08978 - Top Rare 2.110 g NWA Unclassified Ureilite Achondrite Meteorite Polished Section Knightia Meteoritical Bulletin DatabaseBeautiful polished section of this rare NWA Ureilite achondrite meteorite. Ureilite is a rare type of stony meteorite that has a unique mineralogical composition very different from that of other stony meteorites. This dark grey or brownish meteorite type is named after the village Novy Urey, Mordovia Republic of Russia, where a meteorite of this type fell on 4 September 1886. Notable ureilites are the Novo Urei and the Goalpara, also named for the