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Northwest Africa 3201

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 3201
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3201
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2004
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 1896 g

Classification
history:

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

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Comments:

Approved 21 Sep 2010

Writeup

Writeup from MB 99:

Northwest Africa 3201 (NWA 3201)

(Northwest Africa)

Find date unknown

Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB)

Petrography: Coarsest octahedrite; total area examined is ~500 cm². Schreibersite comprises ~8% of the area. No troilite was recognized. Meteorite shows halos around large schreibersite crystal implying reheating sufficient to cause diffusion of P into kamacite. No heat altered zone.

Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 5.11, Ni (mg/g) 52.1, Ga (µg/g) 51.6, Ge (µg/g) 130, As (µg/g) 11.1, Ir (µg/g) 0.017, Au (µg/g) 1.09.

Submitter: J. T. Wasson, UCLA.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:	Tucson
Date:	unknown
Mass (g):	1896
Pieces:	1
Class:	Iron, IIAB
Classifier:	Wasson
Type spec mass (g):	119
Type spec location:	UCLA
Main mass:	Utas
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)

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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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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