Fall Number: NWA 15658
Fall Date: Unkown
Classification: HED Achondrite (Eucrite - Melt Breccia)
Petrography: Eucrite - Melt Breccia composed of up to 3cm sized basaltic clasts and up to 500cm sized mineral fragments in black shock melted matrix. Main minerals are exsolved pyroxenes and calcic plagioclase. The shock melt is mostly finely recrystallied and partly displays flower textures. Mineral grains entrained in the melt matrix often show resporption textures. Minor phases include silica, chromite, ilmenites and F.S. No metallic iron detected.
Rare Eucrite - Melt Breccia Meteorite Slice
Smoky Mountain Relic Room offers a 30 day return policy with proof of purchase.
-Limited Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee-
The Smoky Mountain Relic Room stands behind the items we sell with a limited lifetime guarantee. We will exchange any item for store credit if the item sold is found by a certified authenticator not to be the authentic artifact, fossil, meteorite, or mineral that we advertised it as being. A letter, specific to the artifact, fossil, meteorite, or mineral in question, from a certified authenticator (in the business under the occupation-specific to the item in question), must be brought in with the item for the return to be acceptable. This guarantee is for the lifetime of the initial purchaser only. See the Relic Room Manager, downstairs inside Smoky Mountain Knife Works, for more information. Original receipt required for exchanges.
