Laâyoune 002 , 0.8 g in collector's box with COA Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Find: 2022 January Mass: 5148 g
Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)
History: Found near Laayoune, Morocco, in January 2022 and purchased from the finder by Aziz Habibi.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, orthopyroxene, pigeonite and augite plus accessory ilmenite, chromite (with variable Ti content) and minor secondary barite.
Laâyoune 002 , 0.8 g in collector's box with COA Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara Find: 2022 January Mass: 5148 g
Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)
History: Found near Laayoune, Morocco, in January 2022 and purchased from the finder by Aziz Habibi.
Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL) Breccia composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, orthopyroxene, pigeonite and augite plus accessory ilmenite, chromite (with variable Ti content) and minor secondary barite.