On offer is a combo of two pieces. One is mirror Polished Slice and the other piece is a con plate individual of same meteorite NWA 15604, officially classified as a Lunar Feldspathic breccia. The individual weighs 80 grams and the slice weighs 5.8 grams

Total Weight: 85.80 grams

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Northwest Africa 15604Basic informationName: Northwest Africa 15604

     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.

Abbreviation: NWA 15604

Observed fall: No

Year found: 2022

Country: (Northwest Africa)

Mass: 2.3 kg

Classification

  history:Recommended:  Lunar (feldsp. breccia)    [explanation]

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Comments:Approved 23 Feb 2023WriteupWriteup from MB 112:

Northwest Africa 15604 (NWA 15604)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: Aug 2022

Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)

History: The meteorite was purchased from a group of meteorites hunters in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, in August, 2022.

Physical characteristics: Many brownish fragments without fusion crust.

Petrography: The meteorite is a breccia composed of up to 3 mm sized mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, low-Ca-pyroxene, and augite plus some melt fragments set in a fine-grained matrix. Minor phases include ilmenite, troilite, and FeNi metal.

Geochemistry: olivine: Fa21.5±0.4 (Fa20.9-22.1, FeO/MnO=82±7, n=7); ferroan olivine: Fa31.4±0.2 (Fa31.1-31.7, FeO/MnO=86±6, n=7); low-Ca pyroxene: Fs23.3±0.6Wo4.6±0.5 (Fs22.5-24.3Wo3.9-5.4, FeO/MnO=55±5, n=7); Ca-pyroxene: Fs18.0±0.8Wo32.7±1.7 (Fs17.1-19.2Wo30.6-35.2, FeO/MnO=44±4, n=7); calcic plagioclase: An96.2±0.5 (An95.2-96.8, n=7)