Lunar Meteorite 8.58g I Lunar Breccia I TOUAT 005

Description: On Offer: 8.58 gram individual of a new beautiful brecciated lunar meteorite, official name is TOUAT 005.Dimensions are approximately: 28.93 mm x 24 mm x 13.65 mm Type: Lunar Feldspathic BrecciaOffical Name: TOUAT 005Year Found: 2020Country: AlgeriaParent body: The Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth.Description: An amazing 8.58 gram lunar feldspathic breccia meteorite individual. What you get: 8.58 gram Lunar Meteorite specimen as shown, membrane Storage/Shipping box, and signed Certificate of Authenticity. Top Meteorite offers a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. SEE OFFICIAL METEORITICAL SOCIETY ENTRY BELOW Touat 005Basic informationName: Touat 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2020 Country: Algeria Mass: 3.71 kg Classification history:Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) [explanation] This is 1 of 208 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments:Approved 19 Nov 2020WriteupWriteup from MB 109: Touat 005 27.747222, -1.369722Adrar, AlgeriaFind: 2020Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: These two stones were found by meteorite hunters driving off-road between Tabelbala, Algeria, and the Erg Chech 002 find locality. Nearest towns to this find are Adrar and Tamentit, Algeria.Physical characteristics: Two stones, identical in appearance, (2035 and 1675 g) were found together. This is a fragmental breccia with white plagioclase megacrysts and lithic clasts set in a dark shocked matrix. Plagioclase megacrysts are up to two centimeters in length and are translucent in thinly sliced slabs. No fusion crust is present.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Electron microprobe analysis and imaging reveals a fragmental breccia with large, sometimes euhedral anorthite crystals (megacrysts). The megacrysts appear to be shock-mosaicized or recrystallized with a significant amount of dark and light inclusions present, some of the observed inclusion veining in the megacysts is possibly maskelynite. The compositions of the plagioclase megacrysts are slightly more anorthitic than the groundmass plagioclase fragments, although there is compositional overlap between the two that is within microprobe error. This is possibly a monomict breccia since the section analyzed had only one coherent population of pyroxenes and olivines that appear to be related by equilibrium igneous crystallization. The olivine and pyroxene compositions are similar to that in ferroan anorthosites. Shock melt veins with vesicles were observed. Minor opaque phases are ilmenite and chromite.Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) Plagioclase megacrysts An97.2±0.7Ab2.6±0.3Or0.2±0.1, n=6; groundmass plagioclase An96.5±0.3Ab3.2±0.3Or0.2±0.1, n=6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs28.2±5.9Wo5.6±3.1, Fe/Mn=59±6, n=6; augite Fs18.7±0.4Wo43.2±1.5, Fe/Mn=48±1, n=2; olivine Fa36.7±10.1, Fe/Mn=95±3, n=9; shock melt vein SiO2=43.6±0.4, Al2O3=31.1±0.8, FeO=3.7±0.6, MgO=3.3±0.5, MnO=0.05±0.02, CaO=17.3±0.1, Na2O=0.32±0.05 all wt%, n=3.Classification: Lunar feldspathic breccia with plagioclase megacrysts. Mafic minerals similar in composition to that present in ferroan anorthosites.Specimens: 25.8 g on deposit at UNM, Mark Lyon holds the main masses.Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0:State/Prov/County:AdrarDate:2020Latitude:27.747222Longitude:-1.369722Mass (g):3710Pieces:2Class:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):36.7±10.1Ferrosilite (mol%):28.2±5.9, 18.7±0.4Wollastonite (mol%):5.6±3.1, 43.2±1.5Classifier:C. Agee, UNMType spec mass (g):25.8Type spec location:UNMMain mass:Mark LyonComments:Field name ML-1; submitted by C. Agee, UNM Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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