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NWA 7129   contributed by John Divelbiss   MetBul Link


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0.63 gram full slice. 22 x 14 mm.   Achondrite-ung

From the MetBul:
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Very fresh granular aggregate of very finely exsolved, pinkish-brown pyroxene, polygranular calcic plagioclase, sparse twinned plagioclase laths, ilmenite, minor ferroan olivine, pyrrhotite and Ni-free metal. A blade of baddeleyite was found in one ilmenite grain.

Classification: Achondrite, ungrouped. Paired with NWA 011, NWA 2400, NWA 2976, NWA 4587, NWA 4901 and NWA 5644.

 


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John Divelbiss
 1/31/2020 7:03:44 PM
thanks John, I really appreciate your comment.
John Mixter
 1/31/2020 12:46:08 PM
Nice specimen John. Excellent photographs.
 

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