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Northwest Africa 3135
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3135
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3135
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 45.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  Ureilite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 658 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
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Northwest Africa 3135

Morocco

Purchased 2003 September

Achondrite (ureilite)

A 45.8 g greenish-grey stone, almost completely coated with a fresh, black, semi-glossy fusion crust, was purchased at the Denver Gem and Mineral Show by A. and G. Hupé (xHupé) in 2003 September.  Classification and mineralogy (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS):  Aggregate of olivine (Fa23.2, CaO = 0.25 wt.%, MnO = 0.40 wt.%) with subordinate orthopyroxene (Fs18.7Wo4.3, Cr2O3 = 1.05 wt.%, FeO/MnO = 31.4), some exsolved pigeonite and about 10% fine grained, dark intergranular material (containing partly altered Ni-poor metal, troilite and presumably carbon phases).  The difficulties in cutting and polishing this sample suggest the presence of microdiamond.  Olivine grains adjacent to matrix have reduced rims (as Mg-rich as Fa8.1) containing fine metal blebs, and FeO and MnO contents of olivine cores in fall on the correlation line established for ureilites (see Mittlefehldt et al., 1998, Fig. 34).  Specimens: type specimen, 9.12 g, and one polished thin section, UWS; main mass, xHupé.

Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 473:
Origin or pseudonym:Morocco
Date:2003
Mass (g):45.8
Pieces:1
Class:Ure
Fayalite (mol%):23.2-8.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.7
Type spec mass (g):20.1
Comments:pts at UWS; Undefined note. NAU is Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Institutions
   and collections
NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
xHupé: (old address—now see GHupé or AHupé) G. and A. Hupe, 2616 Lake Youngs Court SE, Renton, WA 98058., United States (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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