22297 - Official Lunar Meteorite "NWA 11182" 0.384 g (Feldspathic Breccia)
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22297 - Official Lunar Meteorite "NWA 11182" 0.384 g (Feldspathic Breccia)

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Species
"NWA 11182"
Age
Found in 2017
Location
Fell in Northwest Africa
Formation
Lunar Meteorite (Feldspathic Breccia)
Size
12.4 mm   •    in
Weight
0.384 g   •    oz
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Description

The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avilés Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectrs Association (IMCA 5681).

Northwest Africa 11182
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11182
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11182 
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: (Northwest Africa) 
Mass:help 60 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:   MB 106   (2018)   Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Recommended:   Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 174 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
Search for other: Lunar meteorites
Comments: Approved 28 Mar 2017
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 106: 

Northwest Africa 11182 (NWA 11182)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Lunar (feldsp. breccia)

History: Purchased by Ruben Garcia from Said Haddany in Tucson, 2017.

Physical characteristics: Single stone, no fusion crust. A saw cut reveals a fragmental breccia with numerous white feldspathic clasts and fine-grained lithic fragments, set in a dark-gray ground mass.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite consists of primarily feldspathic clasts, microgabbro clasts, and shock melt, some containing vesicles.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and B. Ha, UNM) pigeonite Fs28.9±1.6Wo11.8±7.0, Fe/Mn=56±3, n=2; high Ca pyroxene Fs22.7±11.7Wo28.6±5.9, Fe/Mn=52±2, n=2; two olivine grains were found: Fa16.9 and Fa34.6 with Fe/Mn=91 and 98 respectively; plagioclase An92.9±3.2Ab6.8±3.2Or0.3±0.1, n=4

Classification: Lunar feldspathic breccia

Specimens: 12 g plus a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Ruben Garcia holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB106
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase: Tucson
Date: P 2017
Mass (g): 60
Pieces: 1
Class: Lunar (felds. breccia)
Shock stage: High
Weathering grade: Moderate
Ferrosilite (mol%): 28.9±1.6; 22.7±11.7
Wollastonite (mol%): 11.8±7.0; 28.6±5.9
Classifier: C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g): 12
Type spec location: UNM
Main mass: Ruben Garcia
Comments: Submitted by C. Agee
Institutions
   and collections
UNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)

 

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