NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15169 is a lunar meteorite discovered in 2021 in Morocco near Dakhla in the Wad Oum Sfia area by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat.
NWA 15169 is a rare lunar meteorite (anorthosite).
It comes directly from the Moon’s ancient crust, specifically from the lunar highlands region.
This is a very nice and colorful lunar meteorite offered at a very good price.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Writeup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 15169 (NWA 15169)
Morocco
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth)
History: Found by Omar Ben Chaoud and Mouloud Oudinat in the Dakhla, Wad Oum Sfia area. Later bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021.
Physical characteristics: Several stones: a complete 50 g crusted stone, and several gray fragments without fusion crust, the largest one being 52 g.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, CEREGE) Brecciated igneous rock composed primarily of anorthitic plagioclase, and mm-sized poikilitic microgabbroic clasts with plagioclase chadacrysts set in olivine and pyroxene. Accessory minerals: metal, ulvöspinel, chromite. Barite, from terrestrial weathering, is present as veins.
Classification: Lunar (anorthosite). Contains microgabbroic clasts. Olivine, pigeonite and plagioclase are within the ferroan anorthositic suite (FAS) field defined by Warren (1993). Olivine has been altered on Earth, as indicated by the low analytical totals.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
NWA 15364 is a very rare Martian meteorite of nakhlite type.
To date, only 31 meteorites of this type have been discovered.
A study has shown that nakhlites were imbued with liquid water about 620 million years ago and that they were ejected from Mars about 10.75 million years ago by an asteroid impact.
Martian meteorites are Martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and then fell to Earth as meteorites. The three best known types are shergottites (basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty fall in India in 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed of cumulative rocks, and named after the fall of Nakhla, in Egypt, in 1911), and chassignites (cumulative dunitic rocks named after the fall of Chassigny, in France, in 1815).
NEA 138 is a feldspathic anorthosite breccia. It is a “puzzle” rock formed in the Moon’s highlands (the primitive, light-colored lunar crust). It consists of mineral fragments (such as anorthite, olivine, and pyroxenes) that were crushed, mixed, and fused together during violent asteroid impacts on the lunar surface.
This meteorite was discovered in Libya in 2026.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
NEA 138 is a feldspathic anorthosite breccia. It is a “puzzle” rock formed in the Moon’s highlands (the primitive, light-colored lunar crust). It consists of mineral fragments (such as anorthite, olivine, and pyroxenes) that were crushed, mixed, and fused together during violent asteroid impacts on the lunar surface.
This meteorite was discovered in Libya in 2026.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
NEA 138 is a feldspathic anorthosite breccia. It is a “puzzle” rock formed in the Moon’s highlands (the primitive, light-colored lunar crust). It consists of mineral fragments (such as anorthite, olivine, and pyroxenes) that were crushed, mixed, and fused together during violent asteroid impacts on the lunar surface.
This meteorite was discovered in Libya in 2026.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Laayoune 002 is a very beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in 2022.
Space missions (such as Apollo or Luna) have brought back samples from very specific and limited geographic areas. Meteorites such as Laâyoune 002 come from areas that may never have been explored by humans, particularly the dark side of the Moon.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
Laayoune 002 is a very beautiful lunar meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara in 2022.
Space missions (such as Apollo or Luna) have brought back samples from very specific and limited geographic areas. Meteorites such as Laâyoune 002 come from areas that may never have been explored by humans, particularly the dark side of the Moon.
About fifteen years ago, lunar meteorites were sold for almost 1000 euros per gram !
