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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3200 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3200 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  512 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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 21 Sep 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB online:
Northwest Africa 3200 (NWA 3200) (Northwest Africa) Find date unknown Classification: Iron meteorite (IAB-sHL) Petrography: Fine octahedrite, fresh appearing but no heat-altered zone. Kamacite (width ~0.4 mm) often forms bundles of ~5 parallel lamellae. Equiaxed schreibersite grains (0.1-0.2 mm) in centers of many kamacites. Large schreibersite 11 x 0.5 mm crossed by some kamacite bands. No FeS recognized. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 5.53, Ni (mg/g) 106.7, Ga (µg/g) 21.8, Ge (µg/g) <80, As (µg/g) 24.7, Ir (µg/g) 0.193, Au (µg/g) 2.35. Submitter: J. T. Wasson, UCLA. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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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 9013 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1869 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||