NWA 6258 (EL-melt rock, EL-IMB)

[MBD][EoM]

fs 5.41 g

NWA 6258 (EL-melt rock, EL-IMB) NWA 6258 (EL-melt rock, EL-IMB)
photos: Marcin Cimała - PolandMet.com

Name: NWA 6258
class: chondrite EL Impact Melt Breccia, W1, S6
region: Erfoud, Morocco
date: 05-2009
TKW: 1088 g
main mass: Marcin Cimała
Breccia composed of clasts rich in irregular, elongated grains of metal and sulfides with associated Fe-poor silicates. Forsterite (Fa0.9), enstatite (Fs1.5-1.8Wo1.4-1.2), diopside (Fs0.7-2.3Wo45.9-44.6), albite, Si-poor kamacite, troilite, taenite, schreibersite and daubreelite. Anthony J. Irving, Ph.D.
NWA 6258
link: PolandMet NWA 6258

 

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