NWA 17497 - Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) - 4 g - (1)

Name: NWA 17497

Type: Lunar Feldspathic Breccia

Weight: 4 grams

Fall/Find Date: Found in Northwest Africa circa 2024

Total Known Weight: 976 g

Description: We purchased two complete stones from a dealer in Algeria and subsequently had them classified as NWA 17497 a Lunar Feldspathic Breccia.

This Lunar material exhibits light greenish to gray exteriors with a brecciated interior texture composed of mineral clasts of olivine, orthopyroxene, pigeonite, augite and anorthite. Some samples display small metal inclusions identified as ilmenite and chromite. All clasts set in a partially melted matrix. Some slices display large (2mm - 3mm) clasts of white anorthite on the cut and polished faces.

A McKinley Meteorites classification.

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