TABLE 9. Meteorites from Morocco. Most of these were purchased from Moroccan dealers. If information was supplied by a dealer about where the specimen may have been collected, this is noted under "Possible origin." None of the exact collection locations are known.
|
Name |
Possible |
Place of |
Lat� |
Long� |
Mass |
Pieces |
Class |
Shock |
WG |
Fa |
Fs |
Notes� |
Info� |
|
Origin |
Purchase |
(N) |
(W) |
(g) |
|
|
|
|
(mol%) |
(mol%) |
|
Northwest Africa (NWA) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NWA 001 |
Kem Kem |
Unknown |
|
|
1200 |
1 |
L6 |
S3 |
W2 |
25.2 |
|
|
a |
NWA 002 |
Anbdour |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
10 |
many |
EL6 |
S6 |
W4 |
|
0.52 |
1 |
b |
NWA 003 |
Azhakan |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
120 |
1 |
H4 |
S3 |
W2 |
18.9 |
16.9 |
|
b |
NWA 004 |
Azhakan |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
115 |
1 |
L4 |
S4 |
W1 |
22.2 |
18.6 (12.6-20.5) |
|
b |
NWA 005 |
Bonkzhy |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
50 |
2 |
H4 |
S3 |
W3 |
17.4 |
16.7 |
|
b |
NWA 006 |
Bonkzhy |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
15 |
1 |
H5 |
S4 |
W4 |
18.3 |
17.4 |
|
b |
NWA 007 |
Bonkzhy |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
15 |
2 |
LL5 |
S5 |
W0 |
27.5 |
24.3 |
|
b |
NWA 008 |
Bonkzhy |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
5 |
1 |
H4-5 |
S4 |
W3 |
18.8 (17.4-22.0) |
16.4 |
|
b |
NWA 009 |
|
Erfoud |
31�30' |
4�15' |
4 |
1 |
L5 |
S4 |
W1 |
24.1 (22.9-30.2) |
20.8 |
|
b |
NWA 010 |
Hamada |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
2000 |
1 |
H4 |
S2 |
W3 |
17.2 |
14.9 |
|
b |
NWA 011 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
40 |
1 |
Eucrite |
|
|
|
35-64 |
2 |
b |
NWA 012 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
15 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
22.5 |
17.2 (9.2-22.1) |
|
b |
NWA 013 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
80 |
1 |
L5 |
S4 |
W3 |
24.4 |
21.7 |
|
b |
NWA 014 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
39 |
1 |
H3-6 |
S4 |
W3 |
20.5 (18.2-24.6) |
17.1 |
|
b |
NWA 015 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
39 |
1 |
H4 |
S3 |
W2 |
17.7 |
15.6 |
|
b |
NWA 016 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
39 |
1 |
H3-4 |
S4 |
W3 |
20.7 (15.1-30.3) |
15.4 (10.5-17.4) |
|
b |
NWA 017 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
39 |
1 |
H4 |
S2 |
W1 |
17.9 |
17 |
|
b |
NWA 018 |
|
Rissani |
31�20' |
4�20' |
39 |
1 |
H5 |
S4 |
W3 |
18.6 |
17 |
|
b |
NWA 019 |
Tagmart |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
116 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
22.2 |
21 |
3 |
b |
NWA 020 |
Tagmart |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
64 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
21.7 |
21.3 |
3 |
b |
NWA 021 |
Tagmart |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
166 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
22.1 |
21.2 |
3 |
b |
NWA 022 |
Tagmart |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
30 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
22.2 |
18.9 |
|
b |
NWA 023 |
Tagmart |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
76 |
1 |
L4 |
S3 |
W1 |
22.1 |
21.2 (15.0-26.6) |
3 |
b |
NWA 024 |
Wol-Hammit |
Tagounite |
29�55' |
5�35' |
800 |
1 |
H4 |
S5 |
W3 |
19.6 |
16.7 |
|
b |
NWA 025 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
510 |
1 |
L6 |
S3 |
W2 |
23.7 |
20.8 |
4 |
b |
NWA 026 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
1265 |
1 |
L6 |
S3 |
W2 |
24.3 |
20.6 |
4 |
b |
NWA 027 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
705 |
1 |
H5 |
S2 |
W3 |
16.9 |
15.9 |
5 |
b |
NWA 028 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
305 |
1 |
H3.7 |
S3 |
W1 |
16.8 (3.61-23.8) |
9.7 (0.96-28.7) |
6 |
b |
NWA 029 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
275 |
1 |
L6 |
S3 |
W2 |
24.1 |
20.9 |
|
b |
NWA 030 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
65 |
1 |
H4 |
S3 |
W1 |
18 |
16.3 |
|
b |
NWA 031 |
|
Zagora |
30�20' |
5�50' |
730 |
1 |
H5 |
S2 |
W4 |
16.8 |
15.8 |
5 |
b |
NWA 032 |
& |
|
|
|
~300 |
1 |
Lunar |
|
|
See separate entry |
|
�Coordinates of place of purchase, not where the meteorite was found.
� 1 = Partly melted; 0.93 wt% Si in metal; plag, An10.5. 2 = Unbrecciated; feldspar, An83. 3 = NWA 019, 020, 021, and 023 are probably paired. 4 = NWA 025 and 026 are probably paired. 5 = NWA 027 and 031 are probably paired. 6 = Percent mean deviation of olivine composition = 23%.
� a = purchased by D. Bessey; classified by A. Rubin (UCLA); type specimen, 31 g, UCLA. b = purchased by S. Afanasiev, V. Kalachev and D. Kachalin during a 1999 meteorite expedition in the Moroccan Sahara; classifications by S. Afanasiev and M. Ivanova (Vernad); specimens, Vernad.
& Found by a consortium of anonymous European collectors; location possibly near 30�22'N 5�3'W, which is west of the Kem Kem plateau.