Description: NWA 11788 (Lunar) Meteorite Weight: 0.761 Grams Measurements: 11.16mm x 7.57mm x 6.55mm Northwest Africa 11788 Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11788 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11788 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mali Mass: help 10.44 kg Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) 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, and 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. Place of purchase: Mali Date: P 2017 Mass (g): 10441 Pieces: Many Class: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) Shock stage: high Weathering grade: moderate Fayalite (mol %): 31.2±9.4 Ferrosilite (mol %): 36.0±10.0 Wollastonite (mol %): 22.2±8.8 Classifier: C. Agee, UNM Type spec mass (g): 28.9 Type spec location: UNM Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
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Country/ Region Of Manufacture: Mali
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