NWA 8687 Lunar Meteorite 0.12g

NWA 8687 Lunar Meteorite

Troctolite meteorite rocks like that of NWA 8687 are coarse-grained intrusive igneous rocks composed of almost entirely olivine and feldspar. Troctolites are almost totally missing pyroxene which is the case with this meteorite which has just 3% orthopyroxene. NWA 8687 Lunar Troctolite has a low weathering grade and is highly shocked it may be a monomictic breccia and is composed of fine-grained plagioclase, olivine.

This is a remarkable meteorite of a rare type and there is not much of it.