3.23g Lunar Meteorite Slice I NWA 14041
On Offer: 3.23 gram lunar meteorite slice. This NWA 14041 lunar meteorite is a beautiful brecciated lunar meteorite, with a vey complex interior in comparison with many feldspathic breccia.
Official name: NWA 14041
Type: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia
Dimensions: 23.4 mm x 23.24 mm x 2.44 mm
Year Found: 2021
Country: Mali
Parent body: Our Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth.
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| Basic information |
Name: Northwest Africa 14041 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 14041 Observed fall: No Year found: 2021 Country: Mali Mass:  11.7 kg |
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| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites |
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| Comments: | Approved 6 Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 110:
Northwest Africa 14041 (NWA 14041) Mali Purchased: 2021 Feb Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: Found in Mali by camel shepherds in January 2021 and subsequently purchased in Algeria by Ahmed Salek. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, pigeonite, exsolved pigeonite and minor Ti-chromite set in a fine grained matrix containing minor secondary calcite and a K-Ca-bearing zeolite phase. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa29.0-51.5, FeO/MnO = 99-102, N = 4), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs23.3Wo3.7, FeO/MnO = 60), pigeonite (Fs32.6-68.1Wo8.7-19.5, FeO/MnO = 52-75, N = 4), pigeonite host (Fs42.0Wo10.4, FeO/MnO = 66), augite exsolution lamella (Fs22.1Wo40.6, FeO/MnO = 71), anorthite (An90.8-96.0Or0.1, N = 3). Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia). Specimens: 23.6 g in the form of a polished endcut at UWB; remainder with Mr. A. Salek. |
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| Data from: MB110 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) UWB: University of Washington, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) |
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