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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2306 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2306 Observed fall: No Year found: 2002 Country: Western Sahara Mass:  18 g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 576 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 2306 Western Sahara Found 2002 Achondrite (polymict eucrite) A single stone of 18 g was found early 2002 in Western Sahara. Classification and mineralogy (A. Greshake and M. Kurz): a polymict breccia composed of large lithic and mineral clasts set into a fine-grained groundmass; lithic clasts are basaltic fragments and impact melt clasts; large mineral fragments are mostly plagioclase and exsolved Ca-pyroxene; plagioclase, An83-91.5; pyroxene, Fs29.7-58.5Wo6.5-40.3; minor phases include orthopyroxene, silica, troilite, and ilmenite; low degree of shock; low degree of weathering. Main mass with anonymous finder; type specimen 3.7 g plus one polished thin section MNB. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 7 Line 189: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) Kurz: M. Kurz, Schillerstrasse 7, D-34626 Neukirchen, Germany (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 265 approved meteorites from Western Sahara (plus 20 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||