NWA 12471

NWA 12471

Found 2018

Primitive Achondrite

 Compared to most other meteorites, ureilites tend to have a high percentage of carbon (average 3%, more than most carbonaceous chondrites !) in the form of graphite and nanodiamonds.The diamonds, which are rarely more than a few micrometres in diameter, are probably the result of high pressure shockwaves produced by collisions of the ureilite parent body with other asteroids.."