CI Carbonaceous Chondrite Simulant - Orgueil-Type Asteroid Analog for Reactive & ISRU Research
What CI-E Carbonaceous Chondrite Simulant is A high-fidelity carbonaceous chondrite simulant modeled after the CI Orgueil meteorite, engineered for mechanical, thermal, chemical, and astrobiology research involving volatile- and organics-rich asteroid material. What This Simulant Represents The CI Carbonaceous Chondrite Simulant represents CI-type (Ivuna-type) carbonaceous chondrite material, modeled specifically after the Orgueil meteorite, one of the most chemically primitive and aqueously altered meteorites known. CI chondrites are characterized by: High volatile content Extensive aqueous alteration Abundant hydrated minerals and salts Chemical compositions closely matching the solar photosphere (excluding volatiles) This simulant is designed to replicate the reactive, fine-grained, and compositionally complex nature of CI material under terrestrial laboratory conditions, making it suitable for a wide range of asteroid science, ISRU, and prebiotic chemistry investigations