Description: Northwest Africa 11474Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11474 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11474 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 586 g Classification history:Meteoritical Bulletin: MB 106 (2018) Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) This is 1 of 209 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). Search for other: Lunar Meteorites Comments:Approved 15 Nov 2017WriteupWriteup from MB 106: Northwest Africa 11474 (NWA 11474)(Northwest Africa)Purchased: 2017Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: Purchased by Dustin Dickens and Mendy Ouzillou from a Mauritanian meteorite dealer May 10, 2017.Physical characteristics: Many identical appearing pieces, no fusion crust. A saw cut reveals a fragmental breccia with numerous white feldspathic clasts set in a dark-gray ground mass.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite consists of primarily feldspathic clasts and shock melt with lesser amounts of fragmental pyroxene and olivine.Geochemistry: (C. Agee and B. Ha, UNM) olivine Fa19.3±0.6, Fe/Mn=86±1, n=2; pigeonite Fs24.8±0.5Wo4.3±0.3, Fe/Mn=60±9, n=2; high Ca pyroxene Fs27.4Wo34.4, Fe/Mn=58, n=1; plagioclase An97.8±0.7Ab2.0±0.6Or0.2±0.1, n=6; Shock melt (20 μm defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=44.4±0.8, TiO2=0.21±0.01, Al2O3=27.5±1.1, Cr2O3=0.07±0.02, MgO=5.7±1.4, FeO=4.2±1.3, MnO=0.07±0.02, CaO=16.2±0.5, Na2O=0.42±0.04, K2O=0.01±0.02 (all wt%), Fe/Mn=63±1, Mg#=70.1±1.1, n=3.Classification: Lunar feldspathic brecciaSpecimens: 20 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens and Mendy Ouzillou hold the main mass.Data from: MB106 Table 0 Line 0:Place of purchase:MauritaniaDate:P 2017Mass (g):586Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:HighWeathering grade:ModerateFayalite (mol%):19.3±0.6Ferrosilite (mol%):24.8±0.5; 27.4Wollastonite (mol%):4.3±0.3; 34.4Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):20Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Dustin Dickens and Mendy OuzillouComments:Submitted by C. Agee I will combine the cost of shipping for all the items you win during a 2 week period that are paid for in a single transaction. Postage is $3.60 for all items bought over a 2 week period but MUST pay in one transaction when finished bidding.Please note... If items are paid for separately, they will be shipped separately due to PayPal tracking reasons.Also, I ship items within 24 hours from the time of payment. Therefore, do not pay for any items until you are done bidding so I can ship everything in one package. Please take your time and don't pay for up to 2 weeks. Shipping includes tracking and delivery confirmation. NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING! USA ADDRESSES ONLY!As of May 3rd 2021, due to increased postage costs, postage is now $4.80 for all the items you wish to buy in a two week period that are paid in one transaction. All packages come with tracking. I've held off raising my postage prices for as long as I could, but USPS keeps increasing their rates. Sorry for any inconveniences. Again, for combined shipping, take up to 2 weeks to pay, then pay in one transaction.
Price: 204 USD
Location: Tombstone, Arizona
End Time: 2023-11-08T05:29:41.000Z
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