NWA 14886 – L3-Melt Breccia Chondrite Main Mass 65.9g full fragment 5 billion years ago and

5 billion years ago and preserve primitive minerals that existed before the planets were fully formed

Meteorite: Northwest Africa 11756

The specimen shows the typical texture of an ordinary chondrite

Dimensions: [29 X 18  X 15 mm]

embedded in a fine matrix with Fe-Ni metal and troilite

NWA 14886 – L3-Melt Breccia Chondrite Main Mass 65.9g full fragment 5 billion years ago andA Rock That Fell From the Sky 4. 5 Billion Years Ago Before Earth had oceans. Before life existed. Before the continents took shape this rock was already ancient. Forged in the violent early solar system, Northwest Africa 14886 survived a catastrophic collision that melted and shattered its parent asteroid, then drifted through space for eons before plummeting through our atmosphere and landing in the Sahara Desert of Morocco. Today, it sits in your