Lunar Meteorite in Display Frame I Amazing piece of the Moon - TOP METEORITE

Description

Description:
Authentic lunar meteorite in a limited edition double-sided color photo-display frame. This collection quality lunar meteorite is perfect for desk or cabinet display. A real piece of the Moon. Truly the gift of a lifetime. This
is not
a tiny spec that you can barely see. This is a lunar meteorite the size of a pebble ejected from our only natural satellite, and against all odds has made its way to you. This lunar specimen is large enough that you can see and appreciate it with the unaided eye. This specimen has a mass of 0.59 grams and is part of the group of lunar meteorites analyzed at the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics and approved by the Meteoritical Society's Nomenclature Committee, and given the official name of TOUAT 005.
Type:
Lunar Feldspathic Breccia
Official Name:
TOUAT 005
What you get:
0.59 gram lunar meteorite TOUAT 005 as shown, in a double-sided membrane photo-display frame, 5x7 full color double-sided signed certificate of authenticity.
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Touat 005
Basic information
Name:
Touat 005
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:
There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall:
No
Year found:
2020
Country:
Algeria
Mass:
3.71 kg
Classification
history:
Recommended:
Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
[explanation]
This is 1 of 208 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).   [show all]
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Comments:
Approved 19 Nov 2020
Writeup
Writeup from MB 109:
Touat 005
27.747222, -1.369722
Adrar, Algeria
Find: 2020
Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)
History
: These two stones were found by meteorite hunters driving off-road between Tabelbala, Algeria, and the Erg Chech 002 find locality. Nearest towns to this find are Adrar and Tamentit, Algeria.
Physical characteristics
: Two stones, identical in appearance, (2035 and 1675 g) were found together. This is a fragmental breccia with white plagioclase megacrysts and lithic clasts set in a dark shocked matrix. Plagioclase megacrysts are up to two centimeters in length and are translucent in thinly sliced slabs. No fusion crust is present.
Petrography
: (C. Agee,
UNM
) Electron microprobe analysis and imaging reveals a fragmental breccia with large, sometimes euhedral anorthite crystals (megacrysts). The megacrysts appear to be shock-mosaicized or recrystallized with a significant amount of dark and light inclusions present, some of the observed inclusion veining in the megacysts is possibly maskelynite. The compositions of the plagioclase megacrysts are slightly more anorthitic than the groundmass plagioclase fragments, although there is compositional overlap between the two that is within microprobe error. This is possibly a monomict breccia since the section analyzed had only one coherent population of pyroxenes and olivines that appear to be related by equilibrium igneous crystallization. The olivine and pyroxene compositions are similar to that in ferroan anorthosites. Shock melt veins with vesicles were observed. Minor opaque phases are ilmenite and chromite.
Geochemistry
: (C. Agee,
UNM
) Plagioclase megacrysts An
97.2±0.7
Ab
2.6±0.3
Or
0.2±0.1
, n=6; groundmass plagioclase An
96.5±0.3
Ab
3.2±0.3
Or
0.2±0.1
, n=6; low-Ca pyroxene Fs
28.2±5.9
Wo
5.6±3.1
, Fe/Mn=59±6, n=6; augite Fs
18.7±0.4
Wo
43.2±1.5
, Fe/Mn=48±1, n=2; olivine Fa
36.7±10.1
, Fe/Mn=95±3, n=9; shock melt vein SiO
2
=43.6±0.4, Al
2
O
3
=31.1±0.8, FeO=3.7±0.6, MgO=3.3±0.5, MnO=0.05±0.02, CaO=17.3±0.1, Na
2
O=0.32±0.05 all wt%, n=3.
Classification
: Lunar feldspathic breccia with plagioclase megacrysts. Mafic minerals similar in composition to that present in ferroan anorthosites.
Specimens
: 25.8 g on deposit at
UNM
, Mark Lyon holds the main masses.
Data from:
MB109
Table 0
Line 0:
State/Prov/County:
Adrar
Date:
2020
Latitude:
27.747222
Longitude:
-1.369722
Mass (g):
3710
Pieces:
2
Class:
Lunar (feldsp. breccia)
Shock stage:
high
Weathering grade:
moderate
Fayalite (mol%):
36.7±10.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):
28.2±5.9, 18.7±0.4
Wollastonite (mol%):
5.6±3.1, 43.2±1.5
Classifier:
C. Agee, UNM
Type spec mass (g):
25.8
Type spec location:
UNM
Main mass:
Mark Lyon
Comments:
Field name ML-1; submitted by C. Agee, UNM