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  nwa 1775
(SHE, W1/2) Meteoritical Bulletin #87
 
 
NWA 1775
Main mass © P. Thomas
 
 

Origin or pseudonym: Morocco
Place of purchase: Erfoud
Date: 2002
Mass (g): 25
Pieces: several
Class: Martian
Weathering grade: W1/2
Fayalite (mol%): 36.7-50.6
Classifier: M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Comments: basaltic shergottite; zoned olivine phenocrysts in a fine-grained groundmass of complexly zoned pigeonite and homogenous maskelynite; Cpx: Fs24.33-36.38Wo8.89-28.78; maskelynite: An51.23Ab46.49; paired with NWA 1068, 1110 and 1183

 
     
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