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JMDMT #2684 Microfossils of Cyanobacteria in Carbonaceous Meteorites

The James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection - enstatite, En 99Wo 1 (76 vol%), feldspar An 74.895.6Or0.66.8 (8 vol%), minor silica (1 vol%) and 15 vol% ofmass is with the purchaser. Si-bearing Fe metal, schreibersite, Cr-bearing troilite and rust. Accessory minerals are oldhamite, ferromagnesian alabandite,Northwest Africa 1180 sphalerite, Fe-Ni metal, taenite, carbon phase, Fe-Ni-Cr alloy, Morocco Sb- and Ag-sulfides. The meteorite bears some similarities with Itqiy. Found 2000 Shock stage is S2/3, weathering stage is W3/4. Specimens: type Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2) specimen, 16.6 g and two polished thin sections, Vernad; main mass Eight fully to mostly crusted stones, weighing a total of 1705 g, were is with the anonymous finder. purchased in Rissani (2001). The local finders

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