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Northwest Africa 3202 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 3202 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 3202 Observed fall: No Year found: 2004 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 395 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 148 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Sep 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 99:
Northwest Africa 3202 (NWA 3202) (Northwest Africa) Find date unknown Classification: Iron meteorite (IIAB) Petrography: Hexahedrite shows some tiny stress cracks. Rhabdites reach 1 mm in length; distribution is patchy. No FeS recognized on face with area of ~9 cm2. No heat-altered zone. Geochemistry: Co (mg/g) 4.51, Ni (mg/g) 56.1, Ga (µg/g) 58.9, Ge (µg/g) 162, As (µg/g) 4.14, Ir (µg/g) 11.4, Au (µg/g) 0.57. 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 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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