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Northwest Africa 1828 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 1828 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 1828 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 16.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-cm. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 88:
Northwest Africa 1828 Morocco Purchased 2002 September Achondrite (eucrite, cumulate) A complete fusion-crusted stone (16.1 g) was purchased in Agadir by a Moroccan dealer in 2002 September for N. Oakes (Oakes). Classification and mineralogy (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Very fractured and recrystallized, with sporadic glass-rich veinlets. Relatively fine grained assemblage of anorthite (containing minor FeO) and exsolved pigeonite (some exhibiting deformed lamellae of augite in orthopyroxene) with minor Ti-Al-bearing chromite, troilite, ilmenite and a silica polymorph. No grains of metal were observed. FeO/MnO is 31.3 for orthopyroxene and 31.0 for clinopyroxene. Specimens: type specimen, 3.5 g, and one polished thin section, UWS; main mass, Oakes. | ||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB88 Table 4 Line 41: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) Oakes: Nelson Oakes, Route 1, House 50C, Uniondale, PA 18470, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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