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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 2743 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 2743 Observed fall: No Year found: 2005 Country: Morocco Mass: 5.46 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IC. [show all] Search for other: IC irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 26 Aug 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 2743 (NWA 2743) Morocco Found: 2005 Classification: Iron meteorite (IC) Petrography (J. Wasson, UCLA): Compositionally identical to Chihuahua City. The observed area is 55 cm2. Irregular kamacite bands ~2 mm thick are partly resorbed to create wider bands. Some schreibersite present at grain boundaries. Several FeS-graphite (?) inclusions were noted. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 4.76, Ni (mg/g) 67.5, Ga (µg/g) 52.6, Ge (µg/g) 195, As (µg/g) 8.28, Ir (µg/g) 0.127, Au (µg/g) 0.971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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