Achondrites
UMin Collection
UMin Collection
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Name: Ilizi 002
Classification: Cumulate eucrite
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 21.3 g
Available for Request: no (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has two small pieces and polished resin mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample is only available for non-destructive material requests.
Name: NWA 16311
Classification: Eucrite melt breccia
Locality: Morocco, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 88.6 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has several slices and polished resin mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample appears to be monomict.
Name: NWA 16312
Classification: Eucrite
Locality: Algeria, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 74.9 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single slice and polished resin mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample contains fayalite veins.
Name: NWA 16316
Classification: Eucrite
Locality: Mauritania, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 26.9 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has two slices. This sample is highly recrystallized with large granulitic areas.
Name: NWA 16797
Classification: Eucrite
Locality: Morocco, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 39.1 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has one cut stone and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample has abundant melt veining.
Name: NWA 16796
Classification: Howardite
Locality: Algeria, 2022 find
Mass at UMin: 20.3 g
Available for Request: No
Notes: UMin has one cut stone and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen mass requirements limits requests for this sample.
Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Name: NWA 16804
Classification: Eucrite
Locality: Morocco, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 23.1 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has one cut stone and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: NWA 17059
Classification: Diogenite
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 35.3 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has several slices and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample is a monomict fragmental breccias with large chromite grains.
Name: NWA 17067
Classification: Eucrite breccia
Locality: Algeria, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 41.1 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single stone and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample contains two basaltic lithologies.
Name: NWA 17068
Classification: Diogenite, olivine-bearing
Locality: Algeria, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 58.9 g
Available for Request: No (currently on loan)
Notes: UMin has a single stone and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: NWA 17274
Classification: Eucrite, polymict breccia
Locality: Western Sahara, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 21.3 g
Available for Request: No (with exceptions)
Notes: UMin has several small slices and and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above type specimen requirements restricts this sample to non-destructive techniques only.
Name: NWA 17275
Classification: Eucrite, polymict breccia
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 29.7 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single slice and and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: NWA 18048
Classification: Eucrite, polymict breccia
Locality: Mali, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 98.7 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a large single slice and and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Meteoritical Bulletin Database TBC
Name: NWA 17510
Classification: Shergottite, basaltic
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 27 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single slice and and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: Stardust Mine
Classification: Shergottite, basaltic/gabbroic
Locality: Arizona, USA, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 23.8 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions, currently on loan)
Notes: UMin has a single slice and and two polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen requirements restricts material requests to non-destructive projects.
Name: NEA 075
Classification: Fragmental breccia
Locality: Sudan, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 7.6 g
Available for Request: No
Notes: UMin has a single slice and and two polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen requirements restricts material requests to non-destructive projects.
Name: NWA 16315
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Mauritania, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 25 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single slice and aapolished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample as elongate tear-dropped shape vesicles in the impact melt.
Name: NWA 17060
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Mauritania, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 21.7 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has several small slices and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen mas requirements restricts material requests for this sample to non-destructive projects.
Name: NWA 17061
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Western Sahara, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 29 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has two slices and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: NWA 17270
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 16.6 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has two slices and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. This sample is heavily weathered. Lack of material above the type specimen mass requirements limits requests for material to non-destructive projects.
Name: NWA 17271
Classification: Feldspathic breccia
Locality: Algeria, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 21.2 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has one slice and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen mass requirements limits requests for material to non-destructive projects.
Name: NWA 17276
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Mali, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 22 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has one slice and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen mass requirements limits requests for material to non-destructive projects.
Name: Timétrine 001
Classification: Melt breccia
Locality: Western Sahara, 2023 find
Mass at UMin: 27.4 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a small collection of pieces and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA.
Name: NWA 17786
Classification: Ureilite
Locality: Western Sahara, 2024 find
Mass at UMin: 22.3 g
Available for Request: No (exceptions)
Notes: UMin has a small collection of pieces and a polished mount suitable for SEM/EPMA. Lack of material above the type specimen mass requirements limits requests for material to non-destructive projects.
Name: Erg Chech 002
Classification: Achondrite, ungrouped
Locality: Algeria, 2020 find
Mass at UMin: 50.5 g
Available for Request: Yes
Notes: UMin has a single slice.
These samples were transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in the 1960s for storage and display. Although ownership remains with the University of Minnesota, they are not currently at the University and are not available for request at this time.
Name: Bishopville
Classification: Aubrite
Locality: S. Carolina, USA, 1843 fall