Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 2289

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Northwest Africa 2289

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 2289
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2289
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Morocco
Mass: 160 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 89	(2005)	R3-6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	R3-6
Recommended:			R3-6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 32 approved meteorites classified as R3-6. [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)

Writeup

Writeup from MB 89:

Northwest Africa 2289

Northwest Africa

Purchased 2003

Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6)

A single stone of 46.5 g was found in 2003 by an anonymous finder in Western Sahara. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake): an brecciated type 3-6 Rumuruti chondrite; olivine, Fa_13.5-40.5; low Ca-pyroxene, Fs_3.7-29.1Wo_0.2-4.3; augite, Fs_10.5Wo_47.2; plagioclase, An_8.8-22; low degree of shock; low to moderately weathered. Specimens: main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 10.2 g plus one polished thin section MNB.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 172:

Origin or pseudonym:	Morocco
Date:	2003
Mass (g):	160
Pieces:	1
Class:	R3-6
Classifier:	A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):	20.7
Main mass:	Peter Marmet, Bern, Switzerland
Comments:	see separate entry

Institutions
and collections

MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Bern: University of Bern, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland (institutional address)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Dave Johnson

Geography:

Morocco

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 1967 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 37 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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