$610.00
- Meteorite Type: Eucrite-pmict
- Weight: 30.5 grams
- Approximate Measurements: 37 mm x 27 mm x 29 mm
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Description
Northwest Africa 049
Northwest Africa
Achondrite (eucrite)
A 276 g stone was purchased in Morocco. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat, UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): contains centimetersized ophitic clasts in a brecciated matrix; pyroxenes in clasts are zoned with Mg-rich cores, Fs32.3Wo5.9 to Fs52.7Wo7.3; clasts contain numerous veinlets of olivine, Fa78–82; matrix contains pyroxene with variable thicknesses of exsolution lamellae, with or without olivine; this eucrite is probably polymict.
Additional information
Weight | 30.5 g |
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