{"title":"Tagish Lake - C2 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite","description":"\u003cp\u003eTagish Lake is a highly significant witnessed C2 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite fall from Canada, which occurred on 18 January 2000. A brilliant fireball and loud detonations were observed over northern British Columbia and the southern Yukon, with fragments later recovered from the frozen surface of Tagish Lake. Its rapid cold recovery helped preserve some of the most fragile and primitive meteorite material known, making Tagish Lake one of the most important Carbonaceous Chondrite falls of modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTagish Lake specimens are typically very dark grey to black, fine-grained, and physically weak, with a charcoal-like appearance. It is classified as C2-ung, meaning it is a type 2 Carbonaceous Chondrite that does not fit neatly into established groups such as CI, CM, CO, CV, or CK. Studies describe it as carbon-rich and aqueously altered, with a high concentration of presolar grains, carbonate minerals, and relatively low amounts of chondrules and CAIs compared with many other primitive meteorites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudying Tagish Lake provides valuable insight into the outer asteroid belt, early solar system chemistry, water alteration, and organic-rich primitive material. Its unusual composition has been compared with D-type asteroid material, making it especially important for understanding some of the darkest and most primitive bodies in the solar system. For collectors, Tagish Lake is exceptionally desirable due to its witnessed fall status, Canadian provenance, scientific importance, and limited available material. Each specimen represents some of the most fragile and information-rich asteroid material ever recovered on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/0518\/8678\/collections\/Collection_Place_Holder_a6895e60-2a21-4acd-ad87-c7a686327ba3.jpg?v=1780418426","url":"https:\/\/outerspacer.com\/collections\/tagish-lake-c2-ungrouped-carbonaceous-chondrite.oembed","provider":"OuterSpacer Meteorites","version":"1.0","type":"link"}