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Northwest Africa 2376
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2376
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2376
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 123 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
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Northwest Africa 2376

Northwest Africa

Purchased 2004 August

Achondrite (ureilite)

A single stone of 123 g was purchased in Erfoud, Morocco. Description and classification (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU): typical ureilite that mostly consists of medium to coarse-grained olivine and pigeonite. Extensive reduction (R5) has affected more than 60 vol. % of all olivine and ~15 vol. % of pigeonite. Carbonaceous-metal-silicate masses are also extensively developed. Olivine cores, Fa12.3 (FeO/MnO = 19), Cr2O3 = 0.60 wt. %; olivine rims, down to Fa1.2; pigeonite cores, Fs10.9Wo5.2. Also, interstitial Al-rich augite, K-rich glass, Fe3C, and probable diamond. Interstitial metal is mostly weathered to various iron oxides; no observable primary graphite. Low weathering grade and lightly shocked (S2). Specimens: type sample, 21.1 g, NAU; main mass, Birdsell.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 217:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:2004
Mass (g):123
Pieces:1
Class:Ure
Fayalite (mol%):1.2-12.3
Classifier:Ted Bunch, NAU
Type spec mass (g):21.1
Type spec location:NAU
Main mass:Birdsell
Comments:Pigeonite Fs10.9Wo5.2
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
Birdsell: Arizona Skies Meteorites, P.O. Box 2412, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)
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