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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2679 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2679 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: Morocco Mass:  512 g | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 19 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-sHL. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 26 Aug 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 2679 (NWA 2679) Morocco Found: 2004 Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-sHL) Petrography (J. Wasson, UCLA): Observations based on two regions with 25 cm2 area. Attractive Widmanstätten pattern. Kamacite bandwidth ~0.15 mm (Off). Kamacite bands have high aspect ratios and are irregular in width, becoming much thicker (up to 0.5 mm) when they enclose small schreibersite grains. Two large (8-9 mm) skeletal schreibersite masses are surrounded by swathing kamacite ~0.7 mm thick. Modal abundance of schreibersite ~0.4 vol%. No other inclusions recognized. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 5.59, Ni (mg/g) 111.8, Ga (µg/g) 12.9, Ge (µg/g) <60, As (µg/g) 32.3, Ir (µg/g) 0.174, Au (µg/g) 3.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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) Birdsell: Arizona Skies Meteorites, P.O. Box 2412, Flagstaff, AZ 86003, 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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