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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7002 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 53 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2930 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 21 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 7002 (NWA 7002) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: Sept 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) Petrography: Mostly recrystallized with some remnants of large chondrules. Composed of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite and altered kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa30.9±0.0), orthopyroxene (Fs24.8-25.1Wo1.8-2.1), clinopyroxene (Fs10.6-12.6Wo43.7-42.4). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1566: |
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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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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