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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2629 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2629 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  244 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 510 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 2629 Northwest Africa Purchased 2004 Achondrite (diogenite) A 244 g uncrusted, partial stone was purchased in Erfoud, Morocco. Description and classification (J. Wittke and T. Bunch, NAU): yellowish-green to brown, friable olivine-rich diogenite with orthopyroxene grains up to 21 mm in size; rare, unzoned olivine. Fa28 (FeO/MnO = 44). Orthopyroxene, Fs23.4Wo1.5 (FeO/MnO = 24.9); chromite, cr# = 87, mg# = 19.4. Also contains metal (Ni = 0.29 wt. %) and troilite. Shock level is moderate and lightly to moderately weathered. Likely paired with NWA 1877. Specimens: type specimen, 22 g, NAU; main mass, MFarmer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB89 Table 7 Line 346: |
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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 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||