NWA 032 Lunar Mare Basalt Meteorite Slice - 3.3g Mesosiderites 4"S 105°16’11

4"S 105°16’11

The crater is about 45 meters wide

as well as relatively sodic plagioclase (bytownite) mineral clasts

This is a lunar meteorite by the name of Bechar 003

NWA 032 Lunar Mare Basalt Meteorite Slice - 3.3g Mesosiderites 4"S 105°16’11The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient asteroid impacts on the far side on the Moon that triggered volcanic activity on the opposite (near) side. They were dubbed maria, Latin for 'seas,' by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. Recent research suggests that this unique mare basalt crystallized just 2. 8 billion years ago, providing evidence for a prolonged lunar volcanism and making this one