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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 6578 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 6578 Observed fall: No Year found: 2010 Country: Morocco Mass:  1638 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 336 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Apr 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 6578 (NWA 6578) Morocco Found: 2010 Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: A tan to gray 1638 g stone was purchased in Morocco by Adam Aaronson in 2010. Physical characteristics: Surface is deeply etched in some places from desert wind abrasion, and the gray colored areas show remnant, translucent fusion crust. Petrography: (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU; A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): A fine-grained (<0.5 mm, mean grain size = 0.125 mm) partially annealed ultracataclastite (crushed matrix occupies > 90 vol%). The rock is an anorthosite based on the mineral modes of (vol%): anorthite 90, pigeonite 6, olivine 2, metal and FeS 2. Numerous fine-grained (<0.02 mm) micrographic-textured patches contain pigeonite + olivine + plagioclase ± FeS and are roughly flow-oriented. In addition, glassy shock melt veins are sub-parallel to the apparent flow direction. A few elongated clusters of vermiform taenite (<0.05 mm) are interspersed with micrographic intergrowths. Geochemistry: Plagioclase, An94-96.3; pigeonite, Fs27.7-33.4Wo12.4-14, (FeO/MnO = 73-98); olivine, Fa21.7-44 (FeO/MnO = 78-90); taenite Ni = 9.8-16.7 wt. %. Shock melt glass (avg. of 3 in wt%)is SiO2 = 45.2, Al2O3 = 28.8, CaO = 18.9, FeO = 3.86, MgO = 2.12, Na2O = 0.4, TiO2 = 0.47, MnO = 0.18. Classification: Achondrite (lunar, granulitic anorthositic breccia). This meteorite is one of the most feldspar-rich lunar specimens (rivaling some Apollo samples), but is texturally unique. Specimens: A total of 20.2 g is on deposit at NAU. Mr. Adam Aaronson holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12
Knoles Dr
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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