22297 - Official Lunar Meteorite "NWA 11182" 0.384 g (Feldspathic Breccia)
22297 - Official Lunar Meteorite "NWA 11182" 0.384 g (Feldspathic Breccia)
The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avilés Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectrs Association (IMCA 5681).
| Northwest Africa 11182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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:  60 g |
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| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 174 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites |
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| Comments: | Approved 28 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
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. |
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| Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||