NWA 1929 Howardite Achondrite
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Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: 2003, May.
Classification: Achondrite, Howardite
Description: History: A 922.2 g, partially crusted, complete stone was purchased in Erfoud, Morocco, in May 2003. Petrography: A breccia of 72 vol% cumulate eucrite clasts, 8% subophitic clasts, 14% diogenites, and 6% melt clasts. Pervasive solid-state recrystallization of plagioclase and pyroxenes with localized melt pockets and veins in clasts. Geochemistry: Coarse-grained gabbroic eucrite: Pyroxene (Fs45–40Wo7–20); plagioclase (An91.2–95.3); metal (Ni = 0.97; Cr = 0.87 [both wt%]). Diogenite: Pyroxene (Fs43–54Wo2.5–3.6; Fe/Mn = 36, 37).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # NWA1929-22-8 | # NWA1929-23-2 | # NWA1929-26-6 | # NWA1929-27-3 | About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime. |
| Weight: 22.8 gm | Weight: 23.2 gm | Weight: 26.6 gm | Weight: 27.3 gm | |
| Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: End | |
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| # NWA1929-35-8 | # NWA1929-59-4 |
| Weight: 35.8 gm | Weight: 59.4 gm |
| Features: Slice | Features: End |
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