Fantastic slice of HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia) NWA 13548 - 39 g - (1)
No. 83949085
2310gr of H5-melt breccia NWA 16547 ordinary chondrite with regmaglypts - 2310 g - (1)
No. 83949085
2310gr of H5-melt breccia NWA 16547 ordinary chondrite with regmaglypts - 2310 g - (1)
This piece is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as H5-melt breccia.
Northwest Africa 16547 (NWA 16547)
(Northwest Africa)
Purchased: February, 2024
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5, melt breccia)
History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Temara, Morocco.
Physical characteristics: Dark brownish oriented individual partly covered with black fusion crust.
Petrography: Melt breccia composed of H5 chondritic regions (plagioclase grain size about 20 µm) with mostly rounded and well separated chondrules in abundant recrystallized shock melt containing characteristic FeNi metal and sulfide spherules.
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