NWA 3159/6964, eucritic impact melt
This is a stunning meteorite. It is comprised of a mess of light eucritic clasts surrounded by rivers of vesicular black melt. …
NWA 6470, anorthositic regolith breccia
This wonderful meteorite is comprised mostly of vitrified 4.3 billion year old Lunar highlands rock. It’s a complex breccia with at least …
NWA 6497, polymict eucrite
This stone came already-cut from a dealer. It weighs 44.6 grams and is a brecciated eucrite. Of note — some clasts were …
NWA 7022, Lunar feldspathic breccia
The fusion-crusted and oriented ~385 gram main mass of Northwest Africa 7022 displays the meteorite’s two lithologies beautifully. The meteorite is a …
NWA 7799, ureilite
This stone is a pretty one, destined to remain provisional and unclassified. Fortunately, the fusion crust and thinly crusted break reveal the …
NWA 7809, enstatite achondrite
This meteorite was initially classified as an aubrite, but Udry et al. took a closer look at this stone and a few …
NWA 7831, diogenite
This meteorite isn’t even approved yet, but it’s a stunning diogenite comprised mostly of translucent, crystalline orthopyroxene. I don’t know of any …
NWA, enstatite crystal
This stone is a single large enstatite crystal, presumably from an aubrite. It weighs 77 grams, and is comprised of two fitting …
NWA, ureilite
This beautiful, slightly fluted heat shield is probably a ureilite. 505 grams. Thanks to Mohammed Ismaily.
Palo Blanco Creek, eucrite
There is nearly no information on Palo Blanco Creek in the Meteoritical Bulletin. The stone was found in 1954 and weighed 1,482 …