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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 432 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 432 Observed fall: No Year found: 2003 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 839 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 708 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H3. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 20 Oct 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Northwest Africa 432 (NWA 432) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2003 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3) Petrography: Chondrules are sharply defined, but none contain isotropic mesostases. Low-Ca pyroxene phenocrysts exhibit prominent polysynthetic twinning. Olivine grains have sharp optical extinction. Classification: H3 (estimated subtype 3.7/3.8). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB107 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Gessler: Nicholas Gessler, 2010 Calgary Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90077, United States (private address; updated 7 Jul 2016) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9589 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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