Lunar Meteorite: Northwest Africa 14202

from The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110

Northwest Africa 14202 (NWA 14202)

(Northwestern Africa)
Purchased: 2021
Mass: 34 g (1 piece)

Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: Purchased by Geologist Juan Avilés Poblador in 2021 from Said Yousfi in Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Single stone with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: (D. Sheikh, Cascadia) Specimen is a breccia composed predominantly of sub-angular to sub-rounded anorthositic clasts (up to ~1 cm), and minor poikilitic, porphyritic, and troctolitic clasts, and isolated mineral fragments, set within a fine-grained matrix containing areas of crystalline impact melt and vesicles.
Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_31.1±12.3, range Fa_10.4-46.2, Fe/Mn=76±16, n=11), Calcic Plagioclase (An_96.0±1.2, range An_93.3-98.9, n=35).

Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia).

Specimens: 6.8 grams and a thin section at Cascadia; main mass with Juan Avilés Poblador.

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