ADRAR 013 (80.39 GRAMS) METEORITE
UNIQUE GREEN LUNAR
Slice, Beautifully polished on one side
Purchased from one of the specimen holders
Official Metbull Classification: Lunar Melt Breccia
Found in Algeria in 2023
Classification according to the Metbull write-up: Melt breccia (anorthositic norite/gabbro)
Petrography: Melt breccia composed of grayish-greenish clasts set in abundant anorthite-rich melt rock matrix displaying pronounced flow and quench textures with small ancicular crystals nucleating on larger entrained mineral grains. Major phases are pigeonite, often zoned augite and less abundant olivine. Minor phases include ilmenite, chromite, and troilite.
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