Bechar, Algeria
Find: 2022
Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia)
Physical characteristics: Dark irregular stones. Cut surface reveals a dark interior with mm-sized whitish clasts and visible metal.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase mineral clasts to 400 µm set in a glassy and partially recrystallized feldspathic matrix. A microgabbroic clast was observed. Metal, troilite and chromite are present.
Classification: Lunar (feldspathic breccia). Likely paired with Bechar 003.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. 99 g with Isabelle Pothier, 406 g with Jason Phillips, 176 g with Matt Morgan.
