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Northwest Africa 1239
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1239
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1239
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 237 g
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Diogenite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  Diogenite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Diogenite-pm
Recommended:  Diogenite-pm    [explanation]

This is 1 of 63 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite-pm.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
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Writeup from MB 86:

Northwest Africa 1239

Northwest Africa

Found 2001

Achondrite (diogenite)

A single stone of 237 g was bought in Zagora in 2001 May.  The meteorite is a polymict breccia that contains more than 90 vol% orthopyroxene fragments. Classification and mineralogy (J-A. Barrat, UAng; M. Bohn, I-CB; V. Sautter, MNHNP; Ph. Gillet, ENSL): typical orthopyoxene, En70–72Wo2 (FeO/MnO molar = 32), but many more ferroan grains exist, contains inverted pyroxenes of eucritic origin, Fs27Wo45 to Fs64Wo2 and Fs22Wo44 to Fs51Wo1 (two grains), calcic plagioclase, An94-An81, olivine, Fa40–Fa55, metal, pure Fe and FeNi, and troilite. Specimens: type specimen, 22 g and one polished thin section, ENSL; main mass is with the anonymous purchaser.

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 154:
Date:P unknown
Mass (g):237
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
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)
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
I-CB: Institut Français de recherché pour l’exploitation de la mer Brest, BP70, F-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France (institutional address)
UAng: Université d'Angers, Faculté des Sciences, 2 bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut   
Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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