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Northwest Africa 5152
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 5152
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 5152
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2007
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 38 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 94  (2008)  Lunar feldspathic breccia
Recommended:  Lunar    [explanation]

This is 1 of 38 approved meteorites classified as Lunar.   [show all]
Search for other: Planetary meteorites, Lunar meteorites
Comments: Approved 3 Sep 2008
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Writeup from MB 94:

Northwest Africa 5152

Morocco

Find: 2006

Achondrite (lunar, feldspathic breccia)

History and physical characteristics: A 38 g complete stone was purchased in Rissani, Morocco, in 2007. The dark gray fusion crust is mostly eroded away by wind ablation.

Petrography: (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU) The vesiculated melt matrix regolith breccia contains an abundance of typical anorthositic lithologies that include anorthosites, anorthositic norites, troctolitic anorthosites, granulites, devitrified shock melts, breccia-in-breccias, in addition to mare basalts and mineral fragments. Interior weathering effects are minimal.

Mineral compositions: Troctolite olivine, Fa27.6 (FeO/MnO = 95); maskelynitized plagioclase fragments, An91.2–97.6, norite orthopyroxene, Fs25.5Wo3.8 (FeO/MnO = 62); subophitic basalt pigeonite, Fs29.7Wo7.8.

Bulk chemistry (R. Korotev, WUSL): Sc = 16.8 ppm; Cr = 1460 ppm; FeO = 9.03 wt%; Ni = 210 ppm; Ir = 210 ppm.

Classification: Achondrite (lunar feldspathic breccia).

Type specimen: A total of 7.7 g is on deposit at NAU. The main mass holder is anonymous.

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 2
  Line 93:
State/Prov/County:Morocco
Date:2006
Mass (g):38
Pieces:1
Class:Lunar feldspathic breccia
Fayalite (mol%):27.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.5
Wollastonite (mol%):3.8
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):7.7
Type spec location:NAU
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA; Website (institutional address)
WUSL: McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 485 approved meteorites from Morocco

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