NWA 12966 (lunar) – 0.129g part slice

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Description

Only 1.39g total weight !

On offer: a 0.129g part slice of this rare lunar meteorite.

Dimensions: ~11 x 8 mm

What you get: this 0.129g part slice, a plastic box with label at the back, a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Type: Lunar, feldspathic breccia

Country: Sahara

Date of find: 2019

Total mass: 1.39 g

Northwest Africa 12966 (NWA 12966)

Morocco

Purchased: 2019

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Sparse mineral clasts (anorthite, olivine, pyroxene) in a melt rock matrix. Melt rock has abundant vesicles with typical sizes 50 µm. Toilite and rare metal are found in the melt rock fraction.

Geochemistry: Anorthite An96.00Ab3.6Or0.4 (n=3). Pyroxene Fs30.8Wo8.9, FeO/MnO = 52 (n=2). Olivine Fa36.4, FeO/MnO=118 (n=2).

Classification: Lunar (feldspathic melt breccia).

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Pierre-Marie Pelé.