On offer: 34.95g Lunar fragmental breccia meteorite end piece

Dimensions: 65.68 mm x 33.50 mm x 12.23 mm

Official Name: Northwest Africa 16530

Abbreviation: NWA 16530

Observed fall: No

Year found: 2022

Country: Morocco

Classification: Lunar Fragmental Breccia

Description: This is a 34.95 gram amazing end cut of a lunar meteorite that was ejected from the Moon's surface when another meteorite struck that area of the Moon with enough force to send pieces into an Earth crossing trajectory. This end piece has been polished on the interior side and show the beautiful fusion crust of the meteorite as well. This meteorite's interior reveals a dark-gray interior with light angular and rounded clasts.

What you get: 34.95 gram end piece of the lunar fragmental meteorite as shown, shipping/storage membrane box, and a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

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Northwest Africa 16530

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 16530
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 16530
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2024
Country: Morocco
Mass: 840 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

Lunar (frag. breccia)

This is 1 of 48 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia).

Comments:

Approved 8 Apr 2024

Writeup

Writeup from MB 113:

Northwest Africa 16530 (NWA 16530)

Morocco

Purchased: 2024 Jan

Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia)

Physical characteristics: Many small stones between approximately 1 and 20 g without fusion crust, some with caliche covering part of their exterior. Saw cut reveals a dark-gray interior with light angular and rounded clasts.

Petrography: (D. Dickens, CCMS) Examination of a polished microprobe mount shows a polymict fragmental breccia of mostly anorthite with accessory olivine and pyroxene. Fine-grained matrix contains vesicles from <1 µm to approximately 100 µm. A few Fe-Ni grains were observed.

Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, CCMS) Olivine Fa_24.6±1.4, Fe/Mn=100±15, n=5; Pigeonite Fs_22.7±1.1Wo_10.9±1.9, Fe/Mn=56±7, n=4; Plagioclase An_97.2±0.1Ab_2.18±0.1, n=7.

Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia Likely paired with Bechar 003, 007, 009, 010, 010, and 012.

Specimens: 20.6 g at TCU; remainder with J. Eisler

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Tucson, AZ
Date:	P 2024 Jan
Mass (g):	840
Pieces:	Many
Class:	Lunar (frag. breccia)
Fayalite (mol%):	24.6±1.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	22.7±1.1
Wollastonite (mol%):	10.9±1.9
Classifier:	D. Dickens, CCMS
Type spec mass (g):	20.6
Type spec location:	TCU
Main mass:	Mr. J. Eisler
Comments:	Field name; JE01.; submitted by Dustin Dickens

Institutions
and collections

TCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 2012-02-24)
CCMS: Colorado Center for Meteoritic Studies 6200 Becker LN Loveland, CO 80538, United States (private address; updated 2024-01-22)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2025) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 113. Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

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Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 2398 approved meteorites from >Morocco (plus 36 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)