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16.10g Eucrite Breccia Slice I HED Northeast Africa 110

16.10g Eucrite Breccia Slice I HED Northeast Africa 110

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  • $ 160.00
On Offer: 16.10 gram Eucrite Breccia slice I NEA 110
Dimensions:  60.61 mm x 35.29 mm x 3.97 mm 
Type: Achondrite HED, Eucrite breccia
Origin: Libya
Official name: Northeast Africa 110 (NEA 110)
Description: 16.10 gram slice of eucrite breccia meteorite Northeast Africa 110 (NEA) 110. This is a beautiful clastic breccia of the achondrite HED eucrite. Polished on one side and showing the natural exterior side. This is a light-colored eucrite meteorite with many light-colored clasts visible through the interior.
What you get: 16.10 gram NEA 110 Eucrite Meteorite specimen as shown & signed Certificate of Authenticity.
We offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy.

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Northeast Africa 110
Basic information Name: Northeast Africa 110
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NEA 110
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2023
Country: Libya
Mass: 1650 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:   Eucrite-br    

This is 1 of 260 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-br. 
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 6 Sep 2025
Writeup
Writeup from MB 114:

Northeast Africa 110 (NEA 110)

Libya

Purchased: 2023 Oct

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, brecciated)

History: Purchased by Isaac Schroeder in October 2023 from a meteorite hunter in Libya.

Physical characteristics: A single 1650 g gray and black stone with weathered fusion crust covering approximately 20% of the exterior.

Petrography: (D. Dickens, LMAC ) An igneous breccia composed of rounded and angular clasts with ophitic and subophitic textures set in a clastic matrix of similar composition. Minerals are pyroxene and plagioclase. Pyroxenes are augite, pigeonite, and low-Ca pyroxene. Plagioclase is found as laths of bytownite and anorthite with average grain size of ~1000 µm. Accessory minerals are ilmenite, chromite, titanian chromomagnetite, and slightly aluminous silica polymorph.

Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, LMAC and A. S. Bell, UColo) Low-Ca pyroxene Fs59.9±0.7,Wo4.0±0.4, FeO/MnO 32±1 (n=3). Pigeonite Fs57.2±2.7Wo7.4±3.0, FeO/MnO 33±1 (n=13). Augite Fs30.8±1.5Wo39.8±1.8, FeO/MnO 33±4 (n=10). Plagioclase An89.3±1.2Ab10.2±1.2Or0.5±0.1 (n=16).

Classification: Achondrite (eucrite, breccia)

Specimens: Type specimen of 20 g at TCU. Mian mass with Issac Schroeder and anonomous collector.
Data from:
  MB114
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase: Libya
Date: P 2023 Oct
Mass (g): 1650
Pieces: 1
Class: Eucrite-br
Shock stage: high
Weathering grade: low
Ferrosilite (mol%): 59.9±0.7, 57.2±2.7, 30.8±1.5
Wollastonite (mol%): 4.0±0.4, 7.4±3.0, 39.8±1.8
Classifier: D. Dickens, LMAC
Type spec mass (g): 20
Type spec location: TCU
Main mass: Isaac Schroeder and anonomous collector
Comments: Field name IS07; submitted by Dustin Dickens


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