NWA 17700 lunar

NWA 17700

Observed fall: No
Year found: 2025
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 2.12 kg

Class: Lunar (troct. melt breccia)
Shock stage: high
Weathering grade: moderate
Classifier: A. Greshake, MNB
Main mass: Said Yousfi

History: The meteorite was purchased from a dealer in Temara, Morocco.

Physical characteristics: Many grayish rocks some with minor fusion crust.

Petrography: Melt breccia predominantly composed of up to 4 mm sized anorthosite and melt clasts plus up to 0.8 mm sized olivine aggregates and fewer Ca-rich pyroxene grains set in abundant plagioclase-rich melt rock matrix. The matrix is partly glassy, partly recrystallized to small often lath-shaped plagioclase crystals. Olivine aggregates mostly consist of numerous smaller subgrains. Accessories include ilmenite, chromite, and troilite. No metal detected.

NWA 17700 lunaire

NWA 17700 slice 6.7g

Lunar (troctolite melt breccia). Country: Northwest Africa

235€ inc. tax

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NWA 17700 lunaire

NWA 17700 slice 12.3g

Lunar (troctolite breccia). Country: Northwest Africa

430€ inc. tax

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NWA 17700 lunaire

NWA 17700 slice 13g

Lunar (troctolite breccia). Country: Northwest Africa

455€ inc. tax

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NWA 17700 lunaire

NWA 17700 slice 13.8g

Lunar (troctolite breccia). Country: Northwest Africa

483€ inc. tax

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NWA 17700 lunaire

NWA 17700 slice 14.8g

Lunar (troctolite breccia). Country: Northwest Africa

518€ inc. tax

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