NWA 12269 (Paired) Martian Meteorites for Sale
Location: Sahara Desert, exact location unknown.
Found: 2018
Classification: Achondrite, Martian Shergottite
Description: Petrography : Relatively fine grained with intersertal texture. Composed predominantly of zoned clinopyroxene and maskelynite (some exhibiting a curved, narrow lath-like habit) with accessory fine grained intergrowths of hedenbergite+fayalite+silica, Fe-Ti oxides, merrillite and pyrrhotite. Geochemistry : Subcalcic augite (Fs 24.8-41.8 Wo 31.4-24.3 , FeO/MnO = 30-33, N = 3), ferropigeonite (Fs 66.9-73.0 Wo 16.6-16.5 , FeO/MnO = 41-43, N = 2), maskelynite (An 51.9-53.1 Or 1.3-1.2 , N = 2). Classification : Martian (shergottite, fine-intersertal)
The meteorites listed on this page are paired to these and to NWA 12269.
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database (NWA 12269).
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