Touat 011 Lunar Meteorite. Melt Breccia, 2025 Classification. NO RESERVE!! - 4.9 g

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Touat 011 Lunar Meteorite is a melt breccia meteorite from Adrar, Algeria, weighing 4.9 g with olivine as the predominant mineral.

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New 2025 classification
Touat 011 Lunar Meteorite, polished slice 4.9g with large vesicles


NO RESERVE!!

History: The meteorite was found in Algeria, and purchased from a dealer in Mauritania.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock lacking fusion crust.

Petrography: Feldspar-dominated melt breccia composed of sparse up to 1 mm sized basaltic clasts and mineral fragments set in abundant melt rock matrix crystallized to small µm-sized feldspar grains. Basaltic clasts often show intersertal textures with lath-shaped plagioclase. Clasts and mineral fragments display resorption textures where in contact with the melt matrix. Predominant minerals are zoned olivine often overgrown by Ca-rich pyroxene, strongly zoned Ca-pyroxene, and anorthite. Minor phases include FeNi-sulfide and troilite. No metal detected.

New 2025 classification
Touat 011 Lunar Meteorite, polished slice 4.9g with large vesicles


NO RESERVE!!

History: The meteorite was found in Algeria, and purchased from a dealer in Mauritania.

Physical characteristics: Dark brownish rock lacking fusion crust.

Petrography: Feldspar-dominated melt breccia composed of sparse up to 1 mm sized basaltic clasts and mineral fragments set in abundant melt rock matrix crystallized to small µm-sized feldspar grains. Basaltic clasts often show intersertal textures with lath-shaped plagioclase. Clasts and mineral fragments display resorption textures where in contact with the melt matrix. Predominant minerals are zoned olivine often overgrown by Ca-rich pyroxene, strongly zoned Ca-pyroxene, and anorthite. Minor phases include FeNi-sulfide and troilite. No metal detected.

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Name of meteorite
Touat 011 Lunar Meteorite. Melt Breccia, 2025 Classification.
Type of meteorite
NO RESERVE!!
Weight
4.9 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Adrar
Country of Origin
Algeria
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