{"product_id":"northwest-africa-xxxx-l3-ordinary-chondrite-10-5g","title":"Northwest Africa XXXX - L3 Ordinary Chondrite (10.5g)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis specimen is a type \u003cstrong\u003e3 ordinary chondrite\u003c\/strong\u003e — petrologic type 3 material is the least thermally altered of the ordinary chondrites, meaning it has undergone little to no metamorphism since it formed in the earliest days of the solar system, 4.5 billion years ago. The result is a cut face packed with sharply defined, individually distinct \u003cstrong\u003echondrules\u003c\/strong\u003e — the millimeter-scale, once-molten droplets that condensed directly from the solar nebula before ever being incorporated into a parent asteroid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eType 3 material is prized by collectors and researchers alike precisely because higher petrologic grades (4 through 6) progressively recrystallize and blur these chondrule boundaries through parent-body heating; a well-preserved L3 slice like this one shows chondrules with crisp, well-resolved edges, often in a striking range of textures and colors set against the darker matrix — genuinely one of the most visually compelling cut faces in ordinary chondrite material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClassification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ordinary chondrite, L3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFound:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northwest Africa, [year]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTKW:\u003c\/strong\u003e [figure]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rad Man Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54326782132508,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/5524\/1500\/files\/P7190239.jpg?v=1784590845","url":"https:\/\/radmanminerals.com\/products\/northwest-africa-xxxx-l3-ordinary-chondrite-10-5g","provider":"Rad Man Minerals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}