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44.16g Lunar Meteorite End Piece I TISSERLITINE 001 - TOP METEORITE For Sale
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44.16g Lunar Meteorite End Piece I TISSERLITINE 001 - TOP METEORITE:
$9936.00
On Offer:Amazing44.16gram lunar meteorite. This Tisserlitine 001 lunar meteorite is a beautiful brecciated lunar meteorite, with a vey complexinterior in comparison tomany feldspathic breccia. Official name:Tisserlitine 001 Type:Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Dimensions:This spectacular end pieceisapproximately:72 mm x 40 mm x 14 mm Year Found:2019 Country:Mali Parent body:Our Moon - this is material ejected from our Moon when it was hit by another meteorite and became a meteorite itself when it hit the Earth. Description:An amazing44.16 gram lunar feldspathic breccia meteorite end piece. This endpiece has been polished on one side and left with the natural desert patina on the other side.
What you get:44.16gram Lunar Meteorite specimen as shown, membrane Storage/Shipping box, andsignedCertificate of Authenticity.
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Tisserlitine 001Basic informationName:Tisserlitine 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation:There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall:No
Year (feldsp. breccia)[explanation]
This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites classified as Lunar (feldsp. breccia).[show all]
Search for other:Lunar meteorites
Comments:Approved 13 Jun 2020WriteupWriteup from MB 109:
Tisserlitine 00121.325°N,0.729°E Gao, Mali Find: 2019 Dec Classification: Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) History: Beginning in December 2019 many similar dark stones were found together in the Kidal region of Mali, close to the border with Algeria. One very large stone (40026 g), another stone (4037 g) and 44 smaller stones (combined weight 3642 g) (total weight 47705 g) were purchased by Aziz Habibi in January 2020 from an Algerian dealer and subsequently acquired by Darryl Pitt. Independently, ten other stones of the same distinctive material (combined weight 8536 g) plus many smaller fragments (combined weight 1169 g) were purchased by Mbark Arjdal in February and March 2020 from a relative of the same Algerian dealer. Physical characteristics: All specimens (many of which have a flattened slab-like form) lack fusion crust and exhibit medium-brown, \"knobby\" exterior surfaces. Interiors of stones have an overall tan to pinkish hue with obvious light gray, dark gray and whitish clasts plus some visible small grains of metal. Petrography: (A. Irving,UWSand P. Carpenter,WUSL) Two separate endcut specimens were studied. Both are samples of the same breccia material, composed of mineral clasts of anorthite, olivine, pigeonite, subcalcic augite, augite and orthopyroxene, plus sparse lithic clasts of spinel troctolite, set in a fine grained microvesicular matrix containing accessory altered kamacite, troilite, taenite and pentlandite. Secondary calcite is present pervasively in one of the two specimens studied and in places may be replacing original glass. Olivine grains in both studied specimens have been partially replaced by inhomogeneous phyllosilicate-rich assemblages, which apparently are hydroxylated (as evidenced by systematically low oxide analytical sums of 88-90 wt.% and absence of measurable F and Cl), and which are very Mn-deficient (yielding very elevated FeO/MnO ratios in the range 150-250). Troctolitic clasts are composed predominantly of anorthite and olivine with accessory Cr-pleonaste, low-Ca pyroxene and/or higher-Ca pyroxene. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa17.3-32.1, FeO/MnO = 76-100, N = 15), anorthite (An95.4-99.0Or0.2-0.0, N = 7), pigeonite (Fs18.2-26.8Wo12.4-4.7, FeO/MnO = 47-54, N = 6), orthopyroxene (Fs16.0-21.6Wo2.2-3.7, FeO/MnO = 51-66, N = 4), subcalcic augite (Fs15.9Wo31.0, FeO/MnO = 41), augite (Fs7.6-7.9Wo42.9-45.6; Fs13.8Wo38.9; FeO/MnO = 36-48, N = 3). Troctolite clast: olivine (Fa18.2-21.2, FeO/MnO = 84-92, N = 4), anorthite (An97.7Or0.0), pleonaste (mg = 0.721, cr = 0.093). Classification: Lunar (feldspathic regolithic breccia, partially hydrothermally-altered). Specimens: 37.6 g in the form of two polished endcuts atUWB; remainder withDPittand Mr. M. Arjdal. Data from:
MB109
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Line 0:State/Prov/County:GaoPlace of purchase:MaliDate:2019 (g):57410Pieces:manyClass:Lunar (feldsp. breccia)Shock stage:lowWeathering grade:moderateFayalite (mol%):18.2-32.1Ferrosilite (mol%):16.0-46.2; 18.2-26.8; 15.9; 7.6-7.9Wollastonite (mol%):1.7-3.7; 12.4-4.7; 31.0; 42.9-45.6Classifier:A. Irving, UWS, and P. Carpenter, WUSTLType spec mass (g):37.6Type spec location:UWB
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44.16g Lunar Meteorite End Piece I TISSERLITINE 001 - TOP METEORITE $9936.00
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