Rocks From Space Picture of the Day November 30, 2007
NWA 2965 Gray/Blue Lithology
Probably paired with NWA 002, 1067, 2736, 2828, 4232, 4295, 4415, 4416, 4420
and Al Haggounia 001.
Western Sahara
TKW ? 3 tons
A well defined radial pyroxene chondrule between rotating crossed polarizing
filters. Field of view is 3.1mm wide.
This meteorite has been classified as aubrite, primitive aubrite, E6, EL6
and EL6/7. Other workers note the (sparse) chondrules and have proposed an
EL3 classification.
© John Kashuba
Author & editor:
Michael Johnson (spacerocksinc.com)
