Description: On Offer: 8.01 gram amazing lunar meteorite of the feldspathic breccia NWA 11787.Type: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Official name: NWA 11788 Mass: 8.01g Paren body: The Moon This is an actual 8.01g gram piece of the Moon that was ejected from it’s surface when another meteorite struck it with enough force to send pieces into an Earth crossing trajectory. Description: An amazing 8.01 gram specimen of the lunar meteorite NWA 11788. What you get: 8.01g gram Lunar Meteorite Specimen as shown, membrane storage/shipping box, and signed Certificate of Authenticity. Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW Northwest Africa 11788Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11788 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11788 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mali Mass: 10.44 kg Classification history:Meteoritical Bulletin: (2018) Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation] This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments:Approved 26 May 2018WriteupWriteup from MB 107: Northwest Africa 11788 (NWA 11788)MaliPurchased: 2017Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: Purchased in Mali by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.Physical characteristics: Many dark visually identical appearing pieces, with masses ranging from ~2 kg to many sub-g fragments, showing no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a finely fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark gray ground mass with metal flecks and minor vesiculation appearing throughout.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a breccia of fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains. There are domains that are fine-grained and cataclastic with shock melt and vesicles.Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 31.2±9.4, Fe/Mn=95±7, n=12; clinopyroxene Fs36.0±10.0Wo22.2±8.8, Fe/Mn=60±5, n=12; plagioclase An93.0±1.8, n=7; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=43.2±1.7, TiO2=0.46±0.20, Al2O3=24.2±3.6, Cr2O3=0.23±0.08, MgO=7.8±1.4, FeO=8.0±3.2, MnO=0.10±0.05, CaO=14.2±1.4, Na2O=0.35±0.23, K2O=0.08±0.05 (all wt%), n=4.Classification: Lunar feldspathic brecciaSpecimens: 28.9 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0:Place of purchase:MaliDate:P 2017Mass (g):10441Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):31.2±9.4Ferrosilite (mol%):36.0±10.0Wollastonite (mol%):22.2±8.8Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):28.9Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin DickensComments:Field name DD-21; submitted by C. Agee, UNMInstitutions and collectionsUNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015) Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter
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