NWA 12481 Eucrite Meteorite Part Slice weighing 1.39g

Name: NWA 12481 Eucrite Meteorite Part Slice weighing 1.39g
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NWA 12481 Eucrite Meteorite Part Slice weighing 1.39g

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Northwest Africa 12481

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 12481
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 12481
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2018
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 61.3 g

Classification
history:

Recommended:

Eucrite-melt breccia

This is 1 of 23 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-melt breccia.

Comments:

Approved 27 Mar 2019

Writeup

Writeup from MB 108:

Northwest Africa 12481 (NWA 12481)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2018 March

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia)

Petrography: Brecciated igneous rock with lithic and mineral clasts set in a melt rock matrix. Main minerals are pyroxene (both exsolved and not exsolved) and plagioclase. Accessory silica polymorph (to 100 µm), troilite, FeNi metal.

Geochemistry: Pyroxene: low-Ca Fs_57.4±2.0Wo_4.7±2.5(n=4), augite Fs_27.1±0.8Wo_42.8±0.8(n=3), FeO/MnO=32.4±3.3 (n=7). Plagioclase An_89.8Ab₉₇Or_0.5(n=2).

Classification: Eucrite-melt breccia.

Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Kuntz.

Data from:
MB108
Table 0
Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Zagora, Morocco
Date:	P 2018 March
Mass (g):	61.3
Pieces:	1
Class:	Eucrite-melt breccia
Weathering grade:	high
Ferrosilite (mol%):	57.4±2.0 (n=4)
Wollastonite (mol%):	4.7±2.5
Magnetic suscept.:	2.89
Classifier:	J. Gattacceca, L.K. Ruggiu, CEREGE
Type spec mass (g):	12.69
Type spec location:	CEREGE
Main mass:	Kuntz
Comments:	work name K377; submitted by Jérôme Gattacceca