NWA 1978 Eucrite Meteorite

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This specimen weighs 296 grams.  The cut face measures 68mm by 42mm.  The depth of the endcut is 47mm.  All measurements taken at widest point.   This meteorite was thought to be lunar during the field inspection because of it's remarkable visual likeness to DAG 400 Lunar Meteorite, which earned this meteorite the nickname - "the poor man's lunar"

• Rissani, Er Rachidia, Morocco
• Purchased February 17, 2002 
• Achondrite (Eucrite)

A 617 gram stone was purchased from a Moroccan dealer. Classification (David A. Kring and Ken Domanik, LPL): The specimen is a polymict breccia composed of fine- and medium-grained basaltic clasts, isolated pyroxene crystals, and clasts of breccia within the breccia. The basalts contain high- and low-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase, sometimes silica, ilmenite, troilite, and rare metal. Low-Ca pyroxene: Wo5-2 En34-54 Fs61-34, FeO/MnO=31. Plagioclase: An81-94. The basaltic clasts exhibit fracturing and undulose extinction. Specimens : type specimen 20g and thin section, UA, main mass, Mike Farmer.

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