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Northwest Africa 2517
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2517
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2517
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 17.6 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 2517

Boudnib area, Morocco

Found 2004

Achondrite (ureilite)

One completely crusted stone weighing 17.6 g was purchased in Erfoud in 2004 September. Classification and mineralogy (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): olivine crystals are mm-sized, with edges blackened by ribbons of sulfide associated with metal. Alteration is evident at grain boundaries. Metal and sulfide are intergrown. Pyroxene is in large, fissured crystals with cleavage planes blackened by fine sulfide blebs. Silicate crystals are abutting to each other practically without any interstitial material. Olivines are zoned, with a composition varying from Fa~1.4 at the edge up to Fa~22 at the center; mean at the center Fa22.6 ± 0.2, 0.5 wt% Cr2O3, 0.3 wt% CaO; pyroxene (pigeonite) Fs19.0 ± 0.6 Wo8.9 ± 1.6, 1.2 wt% Cr2O3. Magnetic susceptibility 4.35 (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE, Aix en Provence).  Estimated shock stage S4, weathering grade W2. Specimens: type specimen 3.3 g and one polished mount, MNHNP; main mass with PThomas.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 305:
Place of purchase:Erfoud
Date:1 Sep 2004
Mass (g):17.64
Pieces:1
Class:Ure
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):22.6±0.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.1
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):3.3
Main mass:Thomas
Comments:?=4.35
Institutions
   and collections		 CEREGE: CEREGE BP 80 Avenue Philibert, Technopole de l'Arbois 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4 France, France (institutional address; updated 10 Jun 2023)
MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
PThomas: Philippe Thomas, Meteoritica, La Chave, 07690 St André en Vivarais, France (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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