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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2235 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2235 Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 88:
Northwest Africa 2235 Near Alnif, Morocco Found 2000 Achondrite (Lodranite) A 64 g stone was purchased by Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut from an anonymous fossil hunter who found it within 100km of Alnif. Classification (H. Takeda, Chiba, A. Yamaguchi, NIPR): The meteorite is a coarse grained aggregate (0.5-2 mm in longest dimension) with triple point junctions, consisting mainly of olivine (Fo88), orthopyroxene (Wo2Fo85Fs13), Fe-Ni metal, troilite and minor augite (Wo40Fo54Fs6) and chromite (Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.85, Fe/(Fe+Mg)= 0.63. Shock stage S1, weathering grade W1. Specimens: type specimen 13 g and thin section, NIPR, main mass Fectay. | ||||||||||||
Data from: MB88 Table 4 Line 162: |
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Institutions and collections |
NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013) Chiba: Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan (institutional address) Fectay: Bruno Fectay and Carine Bidaut, La Memoire de la Terre SARL, 39800 Aumont, France; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9429 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1876 unapproved names) |