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Northwest Africa 4294 | |||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 4294 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 4294 Observed fall: No Year found: 2006 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites classified as OC3. [show all] Search for other: Ordinary chondrites, Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 24 Jul 2007 | ||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 92:
Northwest Africa 4294 Morocco or Algeria Find: February 2006 Ordinary chondrite (type 3) History: Purchased from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show by A. Hupé in February 2006. Physical characteristics: A single 84.2 g light brown stone lacking fusion crust and with abundant, large chondrules. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS): Closely packed PO and POP chondrules with a mean diameter 1.2 mm.Chondrules contain accessory phases including Cr-bearing clinopyroxene, chromite, partially altered kamacite, taenite, troilite and terrestrial barite. The content of metal (+ minor Fe hydroxide) is very low (mode determined by BSE imaging of a whole thin section is 3 vol%). Geochemistry: Olivine (mostly Fa2-25, with rim compositions up to Fa95) Oxygen Isotopes: (D. Rumble, CIW) Analyses of two acid-washed whole rock fragments by laser fluorination gave, respectively, δ18O = 5.38, 5.31; δ17O = 3.34, 3.23; Δ17O = 0.508, 0.443 (all ‰). These oxygen isotopic compositions are closer to the TFL than to those of H chondrites and far removed from those of LL chondrites. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (type 3); S1, W2. Specimens: A total of 22 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWS. AHupé holds the main mass. | ||||||||||||
Data from: MB92 Table 2 Line 24: |
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Institutions and collections |
UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) CIW: Carnegie Insitution Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW, Washington DC 20015, United States (institutional address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9368 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) |