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Northwest Africa 959

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:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 99	(2011)	Iron, IVA
Recommended:			Iron, IVA [explanation]

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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:
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Place of purchase:	Tucson
Date:	unknown
Mass (g):	415
Pieces:	1
Class:	Iron, IVA
Classifier:	Wasson
Type spec mass (g):	22.7
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	GHupé
Comments:	Submitted by Wasson

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:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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