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Northwest Africa 2825
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2825
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2825
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 664 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 90  (2006)  Achondrite-prim
MB 111  (2023)  CV7
Recommended:  CV7    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CV7.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CV chondrites, and CV chondrites (equilibrated)
Comments: Approved 3 Feb 2006
Revised 5 Dec 2022: Reclassification
Writeuphelp
Writeup from MB 111:
Reclassification of NWA 2825

NWA 2825 will now be listed as a CV7, due to its pairing with the NWA 3133 group.
Data from:
  MB90
  Table 2
  Line 112:
Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:2004
Mass (g):664
Pieces:1
Class:Pac
Shock stage:low
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):22
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.9
Classifier:J. Wittke and T. Bunch
Type spec mass (g):21.1
Type spec location:NAU
Comments:Olv (FeO/MnO = 63.5) Paired with NWA 3133
Institutions
   and collections		 NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 90, MAPS 41, 1383-1418 (2006)
Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Chabot N. L., D’Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Komatsu M. and Miao B. (2023) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 111. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 901–904. ?
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     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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