| Meteorite: | NWA 3159 |
| Classification: | Achondrite (eucrite) |
| Process: | Cross Polarized Light Incident and Transmitted Light |
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I don't have much any of the back story on this
great Eucrite so I used the write up on the
Meteoritical Society site. The thin section
(Polished!) was a loan from Jeff Hodges. This set
of images was taken at a magnification of 400X in
cross polarized transmitted light. I posted a bunch
of images because this meteorite is so beautiful I
just couldn't exclude that many.
Northwest Africa 3159
Morocco or Algeria Find: August 2005 Achondrite (eucrite) History: Purchased in 2005 August by Greg Hupé from a Moroccan dealer in Rissani. Physical characteristics: Seven stones with a total weight of 397 g. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Monomict breccia composed of rock and mineral clasts. Plagioclase, exsolved pigeonite, silica polymorph, troilite, chromite and ilmenite (one grain with a very tiny zircon inclusion). Geochemistry: Plagioclase (An87.5-89.0Or0.4); Pyroxene grains consist of host orthopyroxene (Fs61.1-62.0Wo2.0-2.1; FeO/MnO = 30.9-34.1) with exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene (Fs25.8-26.8Wo43.0-43.9; FeO/MnO = 28.4-34.4). Classification: Achondrite (eucrite breccia). Specimens: A total of 20.14 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWS. G. Hupé holds the main mass.
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