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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 753 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 753 Observed fall: No Year found: 2000 or 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  12 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as R3.9. [show all] Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Northwest Africa 753 Northwest Africa Found 2000 Rumuruti chondrite (R3.9) 12 kg of this meteorite in many pieces was purchased in Rissani in 2001 January. It was probably found in the Kem Kem region. Classification and mineralogy (A. Sokol and A. Bischoff, Mün): the sample appears to be unbrecciated in thin section; olivine, Fa38.6±3.2 (range Fa20–41, n = 36); Ca-poor pyroxene, Fs20.3±4.0 (range Fs8–30, n = 24); Ca-pyroxene, Fs9.1±0.5Wo47.6±1.8; plagioclase, An11.4±1.7; shock stage, S2; weathering grade, W2, making it one of the freshest R chondrites besides Rumuruti; sulfides are well preserved. See also Bischoff et al. (2001). Main mass with purchaser; type specimen, 52 g, and thin section, Mün. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB85 Table 4 Line 201: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Mün: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||