Lunar meteorite Touat 008 Troctolitiic melt breccia, 1 of 3, a piece of the moon for Sale

Lunar meteorite Touat 008 Troctolitiic melt breccia, 1 of 3, a piece of the moon For Sale

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Lunar meteorite Touat 008 Troctolitiic melt breccia, 1 of 3, a piece of the moon:
$995.00

TOUAT 008LUNAR TROCTOLITIIC MELT BRECCIAFOUND IN FEBRUARY 2023IN TOUAT REGION ALGERIACOORDINATES:27.150°N , 01.024°W
10.2 GRAMS
This unique and extremely rare meteoriteThis is only 1 of 3 meteorites ever to be classified as Lunar Troctolitiic melt brecciaStudied and classified by world renowned Dr Anthony J. Irving and team at University of Washington EXTREMELY RARE AND SCIENTIFICALLY VALUABLE METEORITETHIS IS A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF THE MOONGUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY

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OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION DATA SOURCE
THE METEORITICAL SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR METEORITICS AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE
METEORITICAL BULLETIN DATABASE
MetSoc HomePublicationsContactsTouat 008Basic informationName:Touat 008
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall:No
Year (troct. melt breccia)
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (troct. melt breccia).Comments:Approved 15 Oct 2023WriteupWriteup from MB 112:

Touat 00827.150°N ,01.042°W

Adrar, Algeria

Find: 2023 Feb

Classification: Lunar (troct. melt breccia)

History: Found in Algeria in February 2023 and purchased from the finder by Mbark Arjdal in Febriary and May 2023.

Petrography: (A. Irving,UWS, and P. Carpenter,WUSL) Breccia dominated by mineral debris and some lithic clasts related to troctolitic lithologies. Mean grainsize is ~100 µm. Portions of the very fine grained matrix exhibit fluidal textures and contain sparse vesicles. Accessory phases include Cr-bearing pleonaste, troilite (commonly altered to secondary barite), low-Ti chromite and calcite (as patchy secondary alteration of plagioclase).

Geochemistry: Anorthite (An95.9-96.8Or0.1-0.0, N = 4), olivine (Fa20.0-24.0, FeO/MnO = 74-89, N = 5), pigeonite (Fs19.4-19.9Wo5.0-6.9, FeO/MnO = 42-55, N = 4), subcalcic augite (Fs13.0Wo34.4, FeO/MnO = 40; Fs27.5Wo21.7, FeO/MnO = 51; Fs43.9Wo29.2, FeO/MnO = 63; N = 3).

Classification: Lunar (troctolitiic melt breccia). This material is similar in many respects toRafsa 002.

Specimens: 45.3 g including a polished endcutt atUWB; remainder with Mr. M. Arjdal.

Data from:
MB112
Table 0
Line 0:State/Prov/County:AdrarPlace of purchase:AlgeriaDate:2023 FebLatitude:27.150°N Longitude:01.042°WMass (g):2955Pieces:manyClass:Lunar (troct. melt breccia)Shock stage:highWeathering grade:lowFayalite (mol%):20.0-24.0Ferrosilite (mol%):19.4-19.9;Wollastonite (mol%):5.0-6.9Classifier:(A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSL)Type spec mass (g):45.3Type spec location:UWBMain mass:M. ArjdalComments:Work name Arj ZM 850; submitted by A. IrvingInstitutions
and collectionsUWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
WUSL: Washington Univ., One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Catalogs:References:Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112, in preparation (2023)
Find references in NASA ADS:Find references in Google 9\' 0\"N, 1° 2\' 31\"W)
Statistics:
This is 1 of 194 approved meteorites fromAdrar, Algeria(plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 1311 approved meteorites fromAlgeria(plus 30 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
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Lunar (troct. melt breccia)means:

\"Alunar meteoritethat is a melt breccia derived from troctolite.\"

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lunar meteorite: Lunar meteorites are lunar rocks that were ejected from the Moon by impacts and later fell to the Earth as meteorites. .