Matter
Name
NWA12960 Martian meteorite
Family
Family
extraterrestrial
Comments
in addition to pyroxene and plagioclase, there are most likely also some opaque/oxides
Database
Experimentalists
Level
local matter
Origins
extraterrestrial
Provider
Pierre Beck (IPAG)
Object name
Northwest Africa 12960
Body name
Earth
Place
Algeria

Coordinates

System
WGS84
Preparation
raw
Method
powdered bulk sample
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
bulk
Comments
basaltic shergottite
Location in object
interior of the meteorite
Type of porosity
unknown
Number
1
Mode of mixing
heterogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
NWA12960 1.0 modal abundance not known