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Northwest Africa 16843 (NWA 16843)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2024 Apr 13

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Temara, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Grayish fragment with some fusion crust.

Petrography: Polymict breccia composed of up to 4 mm sized basaltic and up to 1.5 mm sized mineral fragments set in fine-grained clastic matrix of related material. Predominant minerals are zoned low-Ca pyroxene, exsolved pyroxene, and calcic plagioclase. Minor phases include olivine, silica, ilmenite, chromite, troilite, and FeNi metal. Contains thin shock melt veins.

Morocco

HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict) NWA 16843 - 5.8 g - (1)

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Period

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

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Paleogene, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.03 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

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Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

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