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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 959 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 959 Observed fall: No Year found: 2001 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  415 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Aug 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 959 (NWA 959) (Northwest Africa) Found: unknown Classification: Iron meteorite (IVA) Petrography (J. Wasson, UCLA): Fine octahedrite with 250-300 μm kamacite bands traversing fields of dark plessite and bounded by taenite that grades through cloudy to about 20-40 μm of clear taenite. Kamacite shows many crossing ε-structure bandlets. Rare, small, unidentified yellowish inclusions showing fewer polishing-induced pits than taenite. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 4.27, Ni (mg/g) 94.8, Ga (µg/g) 1.81, Ge (µg/g) <50, As (µg/g) 14.8, Ir (µg/g) 0.346, Au (µg/g) 2.63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB99 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) GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 99, April 2012, MAPS 47, E1-E52 (2012) [published online only]
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9111 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||