Northwest Africa 10401 Lunar Meteorite
NWA 10401 is classified as an lunar anorthorsitic troctolite breccia with a granulitic texture. It is one of the more rarely seen lunar meteorite types with the highest known bulk Mg# (value = 82) of feldspathic lunar meteorites.
NWA 10401 has a fine grained light gray colored ground mass crossed by shock melt veins. Large white clasts are present in some slices. As indicated by the shock veins NWA 10401 has been given a highly shocked stage but has a low weathering state.
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