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Northwest Africa 1242
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1242
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1242
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1985
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 7 kg
Classification
  history:
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Mesosiderite
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 86  (2002)  Mesosiderite-A2
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Mesosiderite-A2
Recommended:  Mesosiderite-A2    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite-A2.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 86:

Northwest Africa 1242

Gillio, Libya

Found 1985

Mesosiderite

Two fully ablated pieces of a mesosiderite (total known weight ~7 kg) were found near the village of Gillio by unknown oil exploration workers and put into service as bookends for 13 years. Purchased in 1998 by an anonymous dealer. Reports of a strewn field are presently unconfirmed. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): type 2A; contains scarce, metal nodules up to 19 mm in diameter; Mg-rich pyroxene overgrowths on Ca-pyroxene clasts; moderate resorption of plagioclase. Orthopyroxene (Fs33Wo3) replaces pigeonite (Fs34Wo8) and exsolved augite (Fs43Wo42); plagioclase (An92); pyrrhotite, chromite (Al2O3 = 8.4 wt%); kamacite, 5.8 wt% Ni; rare taenite (42 wt% Ni), silica and phosphate. Shock stage, S1; weathering grade, W0. Specimens: type specimen, 20.2 g thin section, NAU; main mass is with the anonymous purchaser.

Data from:
  MB86
  Table 6
  Line 157:
Origin or pseudonym:Libya
Date:1985
Mass (g):~7000
Pieces:2
Class:Mesosiderite
Institutions
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NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 86, MAPS 37, A157-A184 (2002)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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Synonymshelp: Sahara 85001 (D. Weir, pers. comm. 2009)
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