21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g
21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g 21369 - Top "Black Beauty" NWA 11921 MARTIAN METEORITE Polymict Breccia 0,03g

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Species
NWA 11921 "Black Beauty" Martian Polymict Breccia Meteorite
Age
-
Location
Fell in Occidental Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa
Formation
Martian (Polymict breccia)
Size
5.1 mm   •    in
Weight
0.03 g   •    oz
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Description

 

Beautiful and authentic example of 0,03g of this unique type of MARTIAN METEORITE.

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 Meteoritical Bulletin Database

Northwest Africa 11921
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 11921
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11921 
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa) 
Mass:help 7.7 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:   Martian (polymict breccia)    [explanation]

This is 1 of 17 approved meteorites classified as Martian (polymict breccia).   [show all]
Search for other: Martian meteorites
Comments: Approved 15 Sep 2018
Revised 16 Nov 2018: Updated class; see NWA 7034)
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 107: 

Northwest Africa 11921 (NWA 11921)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018

Classification: Martian meteorite

History: Reportedly recovered in 2017 at the find site of NWA 7034 and purchased by Said Yousfi in 2018 from a local meteorite dealer in Zagora, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Six black fragments with shiny crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a polymict breccia composed of lithic and mineral clasts set into a very fine-grained clastic matrix. Lithic clasts include basaltic and impact melt types; most abundant mineral phases in clasts and matrix are pyroxene and feldspar, both of highly variable composition. Minor phases are ilmenite, magnetite, Ti,Cr-magnetite, and Cl-apatite. The meteorite’s high magnetic susceptibility reflects the high content of Fe-oxides and is in good agreement with data in Gattacceca et al. 2014.

Geochemistry: low-Ca pyroxene: Fs25.1±5.5Wo3.6±1.1 (Fs19.5-33.5Wo2.0-5.0, n=15, FeO/MnO=30-38); pigeonite: Fs39.9±12.0Wo8.0±2.7 (Fs25.6-52.3Wo5.6-12.4, n=10, FeO/MnO=30-40); Ca-pyroxene: Fs25.8±10.2Wo36.7±6.5 (Fs17.4-44.3Wo26.1-43.3, n=15, FeO/MnO=26-41); feldspar: An40.4±9.2Ab56.5±8.2Or3.1±1.9 (An29.0-49.3Ab48.3-66.7Or2.0-4.4, n=13)

Classification: Martian meteorite (basaltic breccia). Likely paired with NWA 7034 and respective clan members.

Bibliography:
  • Gattacceca J., Suavet C., Rochette P., Weiss B.P., Winklhofer M., Uehara M. Friedrich J.M. (2014) Metal phases in ordinary chondrites: magnetic hysteresis properties and implications for thermal history. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 49 652-676/ (link)
Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase: Zagora, Morocco
Date: P 2018
Mass (g): 7.7
Pieces: 6
Class: Martian
Weathering grade: low
Ferrosilite (mol%): 25.1; 39.9; 25.8
Wollastonite (mol%): 3.6; 8.0; 36.7
Magnetic suscept.: 4.42
Classifier: A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g): 1.55
Type spec location: MNB
Main mass: Said Yousfi
Comments: Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address)
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