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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 12966 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 12966 Observed fall: No Year found: 2019 Country: Morocco Mass: 1.39 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 334 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 Nov 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Northwest Africa 12966 (NWA 12966) Morocco Purchased: 2019 Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Sparse mineral clasts (anorthite, olivine, pyroxene) in a melt rock matrix. Melt rock has abundant vesicles with typical sizes 50 µm. Toilite and rare metal are found in the melt rock fraction. Geochemistry: Anorthite An96.00Ab3.6Or0.4 (n=3). Pyroxene Fs30.8Wo8.9, FeO/MnO = 52 (n=2). Olivine Fa36.4, FeO/MnO=118 (n=2). Classification: Lunar (feldspathic melt breccia). Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Pierre-Marie Pelé. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
CEREGE: CEREGE
BP 80
Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois
13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4
France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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