Description: Hi my name is Luisa Stream 🩷 I am part of Streaming meteorites, (Matthew Stream 🩷) Im excited to be here selling too, every meteorite I sell comes with a COA card and display case 👽🩷 peace ✌🏼🧿🕉️ Meteorite NWA 16716 weight 17.237 Grams. BEAUTIFUL slice ❤️🔥 Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 16716 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 16716 Observed fall: No Year found: 2024 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:help 392 g Classification history: Recommended: Lunar (frag. breccia) This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (frag. breccia). [show all] Search for other: Lunar meteorites Comments:Approved 17 May 2024 Writeup from MB 113: Northwest Africa 16716 (NWA 16716) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2024 Classification: Lunar meteorite (frag. breccia) History: Matthew Stream purchased this meteorite from Bachir Salek in April 2024. Physical characteristics: Single stone, fusion crust absent. Exterior surface displays scattered light colored clasts set in a very dark colored groundmass. Petrography: (C. Agee and M. Spilde, UNM) Reflected light microscopy and electron microprobe analysis indicates a lunar fragmental breccia with lithic and mineral clasts. Major phases are plagioclase, pigeonite, augite, and olivine. Minor phases include ilmenite, troilite, and rare Fe-metal. Geochemistry: (M. Splide, UNM) Plagioclase An96.0±0.9Ab3.8±1.0, n=3; pigeonite Fs23.2±10.1Wo4.6±1.9, Fe/Mn=52±4, n=2; augite Fs22.5±0.3Wo38.1±7.4, Fe/Mn=58±5, n=2, olivine Fa33.4±9.2, Fe/Mn=104±13, n=5. Classification: Lunar fragmental breccia. Specimens: 21 g on deposit at UNM, Matthew Stream holds the main mass. Data from: MB113 Table 0 Line 0: Place of purchase:Northwest Africa Date:P 2024 Mass (g):391.6 Pieces:1 Class:Lunar (frag. breccia) Shock stage:high Weathering grade:moderate Fayalite (mol%):33.4±9.2 Ferrosilite (mol%):23.2±10.1, 22.5±0.3 Wollastonite (mol%):4.6±1.9, 38.1±7.4 Classifier:C. Agee, UNM Type spec mass (g):21 Type spec location:UNM Main mass:Matthew Stream Comments:Fieldname S-112; submitted by C. Agee
Price: 1500 USD
Location: Riverside, California
End Time: 2024-12-22T21:53:21.000Z
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