9.2 gram end-cut. 18 x 29 x 9 mm. L5-melt breccia
TKW 15 kg. Fall not observed. The MetBul says it was purchased November 2011 in Temara, Morocco, and also August 2012, location unspecified.
Cal writes:
From the MetBul:
... specimen composed of L5 chondrite clasts
containing sparse chondrules within a shock-darkened matrix containing
ragged, variably-sized grains of Fe-Ni metal. Olivine, orthopyroxene,
clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, stained kamacite and troilite.
Shock stage: S4. Weathering grade: W1.
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