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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 047 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 047 Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 587 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 85:
Northwest Africa 047 Northwest Africa Purchased 2000 April Achondrite (monomict eucrite) A 5200 g stone was purchased in the town of Erfoud. Mineralogy and classification (J. Barrat, UAng; P. Gillet, ENSL): a breccia containing numerous clasts of subophitic basalt in a gray, mediumgrained, recrystallized matrix; contains plagioclase (An85–88), pigeonite (Fs60.0Wo5.6, n = 13) with exolved clinopyroxene (Fs30 Wo42, n = 8), tridymite (determined by Raman spectrometry), ilmenite, and chromite; phases identical in composition in matrix and clasts. Specimens: 53 g plus polished section, ENSL; main mass, Carion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB85 Table 4 Line 15: |
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Institutions and collections |
ENSL: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon Cedex, France (institutional address; updated 27 Feb 2011) Carion: Alain Carion, 6 rue Jean du Bellay, 75004 Paris, France; Website (private address) UAng: Université d'Angers, Faculté des Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France (institutional address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9344 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1872 unapproved names) |