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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2082 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2082 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 2082 Morocco Found 2003 Achondrite (ureilite) A 33 g single, complete stone was purchased in Rissani, Morocco in 2003 October. Description and classification (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU): typical ureilite with a large amount (~ 30 vol%) of dark, interstitial materials (carbon, fine-grained silicates, and weathering oxides). Olivine cores are Fa17.8 (Cr2O3 = 1.03 wt %); reduced rim olivine, Fa4 (Cr2O3 = 0.73 wt %); pigeonite cores, Fs15.6Wo6.2 (Cr2O3 = 1.21 wt%), rims, Fs10.1Wo8.6 (Cr2O3 = 0.93 wt%). Shock level, S2; weathering grade, medium (no metal or sulfides remain). Specimens: type sample, 8.5 g, and one thin section, NAU; main mass, MFarmer. | ||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB89 Table 7 Line 81: |
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Institutions and collections |
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. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 8495 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1899 unapproved names) |