Description: Beautiful RARE, Lunar Meteorite! This NWA 14686 is a NEW piece that is visually stunning with some nice metal even visible. This Lunar meteorite is from the Sahara Desert and has been classified as a Lunar fragmental breccia. This one is about 10 grams. The Following info is an abbreviated excerpt from the Meteorite Bulletin write up for NWA 14686 Northwest Africa 14686 (NWA 14686) Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia) Physical characteristics: (vary per piece)Eight identical looking stones of varying sizes without fusion crust. Cut surface of one of the stones reveals a fragmental breccia set in a dark-gray ground mass. Petrography: (A. Ross, UNM; D. Dickens, NMMS; C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a clast-rich polymict breccia with lithic fragments embedded in a fine-grained moderately vesiculated groundmass showing dispersed melt features. Quenched melt pockets were observed enclosing some olivine and pyroxenes grains. Fragmental clasts sizes range from <0.1-8 mm and appear to be primarily basaltic. Kamacite, Cr-spinels, silica, troilite, and ilmenite are present. A range of Cr and Ti oxides were detected. This meteorite is shocked with intermittent impact melt textures present. Classification: Lunar Fragmental Breccia
Price: 114 USD
Location: Saco, Maine
End Time: 2024-11-18T02:36:33.000Z
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