00012 - Nice 16.6g NWA Unclassified Carbonaceous Chondrite Polished Section Palaeocarcharodon pathologically deformed †Drotops

†Drotops

Northwest Africa 869

although dealers are confident that most of the known masses are sufficiently distinctive from other NWA meteorites in terms of surface and internal appearance that the error rate should be fairly low

It is a tooth from an enormous shark species Otudus obliquus

but not restorations

00012 - Nice 16.6g NWA Unclassified Carbonaceous Chondrite Polished Section Palaeocarcharodon pathologically deformed †DrotopsThe authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avils Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA 5681). Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites represent only a small proportion (4. 6%) of meteorite falls.