Meteorite**NWA 15373, Lunar Fragmental Breccia**8.116 gram gorgeous slice!!!!

Description

Hello up for sale is NWA 15373 Provisional, approved as a Lunar Fragmental Breccia. This beautiful slice weighs 8.116 gram, with a perfect polish to one side and grey shock melted matrix. The electron microprobe analysis confirms a lunar fragmental breccia with lithic clasts, mineral clasts, and shock melt. Major phases are plagioclase, pigeonite, augite, and olivine. Minor phases include low-Ni iron metal, ilmenite, troilite, chromite, silica and Ti-Cr spinel. This lunar is from a new major find in Bechar Algeria 2022, with more than 100 kilos found. This is a new hot Lunar, this material is all coming from one area that was found and classified by many dealers. This will come with 2 COA cards Streaming Meteorites and Mark Lyon, and display case. Thanks for your interest and take care.
Fieldname ML-41
NWA 15373
Northwest Africa
Purchase Date: 2022
Mass: 45 kg
Type specimen mass: 20.4 g
Pieces: Many
Class: Lunar (frag. breccia)
Shock: high
Weathering grade: moderate
Fa: 28.3±5.4
Fs: 25.7±6.1, 16.0±2.3
Wo: 5.1±3.0, 36.5±3.4
Classifier: C. Agee, UNM
Type spec loc: UNM
History: Mark Lyon purchased this meteorite from a Moroccan meteorite dealer in 2022.
Physical: Many identically appearing pieces totaling 45 kilograms found together. The largest individual piece is 2.6 kg. Dark colored, irregular exterior lacking fusion crust. Saw-cut surface reveals a fragmental breccia with light and dark colored clasts set in a dark gray groundmass.
Petrography: (C. Agee and A. Ross, UNM) Reflected light microscopy and electron microprobe analysis confirms a lunar fragmental breccia with lithic clasts, mineral clasts, and shock melt. Major phases are plagioclase, pigeonite, augite, and olivine. Minor phases include low-Ni iron metal, ilmenite, troilite, chromite, silica and Ti-Cr spinel.
Geochem: (A. Ross, UNM) Plagioclase An96.5±0.5Ab3.3±0.5, n=5; pigeonite Fs25.7±6.1Wo5.1±3.0, Fe/Mn=55±6, n=5; augite Fs16.0±2.3Wo36.5±3.4, Fe/Mn=45±4, n=4; olivine Fa28.3±5.4, Fe/Mn=95±11, n=10.
Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia.
Specimens: 20.4 g on deposit at UNM, Mark Lyon holds the main mass.
Submitter: C. Agee