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Northwest Africa 1909
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 1909
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 1909
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 1200 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  Eucrite-mmict
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 279 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 88:

Northwest Africa 1909

Morocco

Found 2001

Achondrite (eucrite, monomict)

A 1.2 kg, complete and very fresh stone was purchased in Rissani, January 2002. Classification and mineralogy (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): monomict breccia with subophitic to microgabbroic clasts of zoned plagioclase (cores: An91; rims: An80Or1), zoned pigeonite (cores: Fs37Wo7; rims: Fs53Wo11) and zoned subcalcic ferroaugite (cores: Fs47Wo20, rims: Fs49Wo24). Minor phases include ilmenite, chromite, silica, and pyrrhotite. Inclusions of granular, Fe-rich olivine (Fo81) and metal (0.31 wt% Ni; 1.4 wt% Co) are present in pigeonite. Specimens: type specimen, 20.9 g, NAU; main mass, MFarmer.

Data from:
  MB88
  Table 4
  Line 76:
Place of purchase:Rissani
Date:P Jan 2002
Mass (g):1200
Pieces:1
Class:Euc mm
Classifier:T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
Type spec mass (g):20.9
Type spec location:ASU
Main mass:MFarmer
Institutions
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ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
MFarmer: Michael Farmer, P.O. Box 86059, Tucson, AZ 85754-6059, 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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     This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names)
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