7.5 gram Eucrite HED Achondrite | NWA 7334 I Beautiful with some Crust

7.5 gram Eucrite HED Achondrite | NWA 7334 I Beautiful with some Crust I Top Quality

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On Offer: 7.5 gram HED Achondrite Eucrite

Type: Achondrite Eucrite.

Official name: NWA 7334

Description: 7.5 gram partial end cut with some crust of very rare Eucrite NWA 7385. This HED Achondrite is very rare with a extremely limited availability. It has a Total Known Weight (TKW) of just 82.6g.

What you get: 7.5 NWA 7334 Eucrite Meteorite Specimen as Shown, Membrane Storage/Display Box, & signed Certificate of Authenticity.

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ID: NWA73341701

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Northwest Africa 7334

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7334
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7334
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: Morocco
Mass: 82.6 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2013)	Eucrite
Recommended:			Eucrite [explanation]

This is 1 of 350 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite. [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, , and HED achondrites

Comments:

Approved 28 Aug 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7334 (NWA 7334)

Morocco

Purchased: May 2012

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite)

History: Purchased by Sean Tutorow from Morocco, May 2012.

Physical characteristics: Stone with black shiny fusion crust, saw cut reveals fresh, fine-grained texture, light gray groundmass, some fine melt veins.

Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM): Microprobe examination of a polished mount shows a 65% pyroxene-30% plagioclase intersertal texture, some pyroxenes with exsolution lamellae. Accessory silica, troilite, and ilmenite; minor zircon.

Geochemistry: (C. Agee and M. Spilde, UNM, by EMPA): Pyroxene Fs_49.2±14.2Wo_17.9±16.8, Fe/Mn=32±1, n=31 with equilibrated trend Fs_63.9Wo_1.7to Fs_27.4Wo_43.6; plagioclase Or_0.6±0.1Ab_10.6.1±0.8An_88.9±0.8, n=3.

Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite). Equilibrated main group eucrite. Minimal weathering.

Specimens: 16.5 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Sean Tutorow holds the main mass.

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Morocco
Date:	P May 2012
Mass (g):	82.55
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite
Ferrosilite (mol%):	49.2±14.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	17.9±16.8
Classifier:	C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):	16.5
Type spec location:	UNM
Main mass:	Sean Tutorow
Comments:	Submitted by C. Agee

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