Description: Northwest Africa 11788Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 11788 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 11788 Observed fall: No Year found: 2017 Country: Mali Mass: 10.44 kg Classification history:Recommended: Lunar (feldsp. breccia) This is 1 of 151 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia). Comments:Approved 26 May 2018WriteupWriteup from MB 107: Northwest Africa 11788 (NWA 11788)MaliPurchased: 2017Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)History: Purchased in Mali by Dustin Dickens from anonymous meteorite hunter.Physical characteristics: Many dark visually identical appearing pieces, with masses ranging from ~2 kg to many sub-g fragments, showing no fusion crust. Saw cut reveals a finely fragmental breccia with white feldspathic clasts set in a dark gray ground mass with metal flecks and minor vesiculation appearing throughout.Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) This meteorite is a breccia of fragmental pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase grains. There are domains that are fine-grained and cataclastic with shock melt and vesicles.Geochemistry: (C. Agee, UNM) olivine Fa: 31.2±9.4, Fe/Mn=95±7, n=12; clinopyroxene Fs36.0±10.0Wo22.2±8.8, Fe/Mn=60±5, n=12; plagioclase An93.0±1.8, n=7; Shock melt (20 _m defocused electron beam, proxy for bulk meteorite composition): SiO2=43.2±1.7, TiO2=0.46±0.20, Al2O3=24.2±3.6, Cr2O3=0.23±0.08, MgO=7.8±1.4, FeO=8.0±3.2, MnO=0.10±0.05, CaO=14.2±1.4, Na2O=0.35±0.23, K2O=0.08±0.05 (all wt%), n=4.Classification: Lunar feldspathic brecciaSpecimens: 28.9 g including a probe mount on deposit at UNM, Dustin Dickens holds the main mass.Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0:Place of purchase:MaliDate:P 2017Mass (g):10441Pieces:ManyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:moderate I will combine the cost of shipping for all the items you win during a 2 week period that are paid for in a single transaction. Postage is $3.60 for all items bought over a 2 week period but MUST pay in one transaction when finished bidding.Please note... If items are paid for separately, they will be shipped separately due to PayPal tracking reasons.Also, I ship items within 24 hours from the time of payment. Therefore, do not pay for any items until you are done bidding so I can ship everything in one package. Please take your time and don't pay for up to 2 weeks. Shipping includes tracking and delivery confirmation. International shipping is through eBay's Global Shipping program only. As of May 3rd 2021, due to increased postage costs, postage is now $4.80 for all the items you wish to buy in a two week period that are paid in one transaction. All packages come with tracking. I've held off raising my postage prices for as long as I could, but USPS keeps increasing their rates. Sorry for any inconveniences. Again, for combined shipping, take up to 2 weeks to pay, then pay in one transaction.
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