On Offer: 33.45 gram amazing lunar meteorite of the feldspathic breccia NWA 11787.

Type: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia

Official name: NWA 11788

Mass: 33.45g

Paren body: The Moon

This is an actual 33.45g gram piece of the Moon that was ejected from it s surface when another meteorite struck it with enough force to send pieces into an Earth crossing trajectory.

Description: An amazing 33.45 gram specimen of the lunar meteorite NWA 11788.

What you get: 33.45g gram Lunar Meteorite Specimen as Shown, membrane storage/shipping box, and signed Certificate of Authenticity.

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Northwest Africa 11788Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11788
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 11788
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2017
Country: Mali
Mass: 10.44 kg
Classification
history:Meteoritical Bulletin: (2018) Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation]
This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all]
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Comments:Approved 26 May 2018Writeup
Writeup from MB 107:

Northwest Africa 11788 (NWA 11788)

Mali

Purchased: 2017

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Purchased in Mali by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.

Physical characteristics: Many dark visually identical appearing pieces, with masses ranging from ~2 kg to many sub-g fragments, showing no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a finely fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark gray ground mass with metal flecks and minor vesiculation appearing throughout.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a breccia of fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains. There are domains that are fine-grained and cataclastic with shock melt and vesicles.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 31.2 9.4, Fe/Mn=95 7, n=12; clinopyroxene Fs 36.0 10.0Wo 22.2 8.8, Fe/Mn=60 5, n=12; plagioclase An 93.0 1.8, n=7; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO 2=43.2 1.7, TiO 2=0.46 0.20, Al 2O 3=24.2 3.6, Cr 2O 3=0.23 0.08, MgO=7.8 1.4, FeO=8.0 3.2, MnO=0.10 0.05, CaO=14.2 1.4, Na 2O=0.35 0.23, K 2O=0.08 0.05 (all wt%), n=4.

Classification: Lunar feldspathic breccia

Specimens: 28.9 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.

Data from:
MB107
Table 0
Line 0:Place of purchase:MaliDate:P 2017Mass (g):10441Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):31.2 9.4Ferrosilite (mol%):36.0 10.0Wollastonite (mol%):22.2 8.8Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):28.9Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin DickensComments:Field name DD-21; submitted by C. Agee, UNMInstitutions
and collectionsUNM: Institute of Meteoritics MSC03 2050 University of Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 USA, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Feb 2015)
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Product Attributes:

Country/Region Of Manufacture: United States

Modified Item: No

Featured Refinements: Lunar Meteorite

Weight (lbs.): 0.50 lb

Length (in.): 12

Width (in.): 10

Height (in.): 3