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Northwest Africa 2873
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2873
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2873
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 36 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Howardite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Howardite
Recommended:  Howardite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 453 approved meteorites classified as Howardite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites
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Writeup from MB 89:

Northwest Africa 2873

Morocco

Found 2002

Achondrite (howardite)

One fresh-looking stone, weighing 36 g, covered with a cracked fusion crust, was purchased in Morocco. Classification and mineralogy (M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP): breccia composed of a relatively fine-grained matrix made up of angular crystals, in which 3 kinds of mm-sized clasts are embedded: diogenitic clasts (pyroxene, plagioclase), basaltic eucritic clasts (pigeonite, augite, plagioclase), and granular-textured eucritic clasts. Minor phases include silica in small areas, associated with opaques (ilmenite, chromite, pyrrhotite, rarely metal). Dominant diogenitic orthopyroxene, Fs22.3 Wo1.8; associated plagioclase An83-95. Eucritic pyroxene, Fs35.1 Wo5.8 - Fs52.3 Wo18.3. Low shock stage; weathering grade W1. Specimens: type specimen 7.4 g and one polished mount, MNHNP; main mass with Gérard Merlier.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 379:
Date:2002
Mass (g):36
Pieces:1
Class:How
Weathering grade:W1
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):7.4
Main mass:G. Merlier
Comments:See separate entry
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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