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Northwest Africa 1879
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1879
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1879
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1624 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  Mesosiderite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Mesosiderite-C
Recommended:  Mesosiderite-C    [explanation]

This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as Mesosiderite-C.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 88:

Northwest Africa 1879

Morocco

Purchased 2003 June

Mesosiderite

Two very fresh, complete, crusted specimens (total weight 1624 g) were purchased from a dealer in Erfoud for A. and G. Hupé (xHupé) in 2003 June.  Classification and mineralogy (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Mostly medium grained, relatively homogeneous assemblage of orthopyroxene (45%), plagioclase (15%), metal (20%), troilite (12%), chromite (8%) and accessory merrillite, with an unbrecciated, plutonic igneous texture.  The two-phase Fe-Ni metal grains consist of rounded regions of taenite (30 wt.% Ni) within kamacite (5 wt.% Ni).  Compositions of orthopyroxene (Fs29.8-31.0Wo3.1-3.5, FeO/MnO = 26.9-30.3) and plagioclase (An89.7-90.5Or0.3-0.6) are typical for mesosiderites, despite the lack of brecciation in this sample.  Both this sample and NWA 1827 appear to be part of a much larger, heterogeneous mesosiderite meteorite under study by A. Jambon (UPVI) and T. Bunch (NAU).  Specimens: type specimens, 22 g and one polished thin section, UWS; 7 g and one polished thin section, NAU; main mass, xHupé.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 46:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:P Jun 2003
Mass (g):1624
Pieces:2
Class:Mes
Institutions
   and collections
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
xHupé: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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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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