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Northwest Africa 3341
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 3341
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 3341
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 91 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 93  (2008)  Lodranite
Recommended:  Lodranite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 93 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite.   [show all]
Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites
Comments: Approved 14 Jan 2008
Revised 4 Aug 2008: final writeup
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Writeup from MB 93:

Northwest Africa 3341

Morocco

Find: Purchased in 2001

Achondrite (lodranite)

History: A single stone of 91 g was bought in Rissani, Morocco, in 2001.

Physical characteristics: It is oblong shaped, ~5 cm in length, and ~2 cm in diameter. The fusion crust is altered and reddish dark brown. Discrete regmaglypts are visible. One side is broken, altered, and covered with desert varnish. A few open fractures are filled with sand grains in their widest end.

Petrography: (A. Jambon, O. Boudouma, and D. Badia; UPVI). In thin section, interstitial metal patches up to a few mm are observed in addition to numerous sulfide patches with the same texture, about half as big. A network of once-molten material at grain boundaries and in the fissures is observed. Both ends of the stone are significantly altered. Aggregates of polyhedral olivine and orthopyroxene with interstitial minor phases exhibit triple junctions. Mode: olivine 41.4%, opx 32.1%, cpx 7.2%, chromite 4.4%, phosphate 3.0%, kamacite 5.2% troilite (partly oxidized) 6.1%, feldspar (mixed Na-K-Ca) 0.5%. A few internal open fractures and pores amount to less than 1%.

Mineral compositions and Geochemistry: Olivine (Fo88) zoned near the rims to (Fo76). Pyroxene (En85Fs13Wo2). Minor clinopyroxene, chromite, and Ca phosphate. Kamacite (Ni = 4 wt%) and troilite.

Classification: Achondrite (lodranite).

Type specimens: A total sample mass of 18.2 g and one polished section are on deposit at UPVI. Hmani holds the main mass (67.2 g and one end cut of 4.5 g).

Submitted by: A. Jambon, UPVI.

Data from:
  MB93
  Table 2
  Line 14:
Place of purchase:Rissani, Morocco
Date:2001
Class:Lod
Institutions
   and collections
UPVI: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI),Case 110, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France (institutional address; updated 5 Oct 2014)
Hmani: A. Hmani Moroccan Imports, 13 rue Jules Hardouin Mansart, 92600 Asnières, France (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 93, MAPS 43, 571-632 (2008)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2068 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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