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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7021 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7021 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 134 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 4 Sep 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 7021 (NWA 7021) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2009 Sep Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3) History: Purchased by Blaine Reed in September 2009 from a Moroccan dealer at the Denver Mineral Show. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Relatively small chondrules (apparent diameter up to 500 μm, mean 150 μm) and small CAI are set in a much finer grained matrix (~30 vol.%) containing accessory kamacite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.5-46.7 Cr2O3 in ferroan examples = 0.07-0.20, mean 0.11±0.06 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs1.6-3.7Wo0.8-0.9, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs26.6Wo36.3), diopside (Fs1.0Wo44.3). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Specimens: 20.3 g including one polished thin section and a polished slice at PSF; main mass with Reed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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Institutions and collections |
PSF: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011) UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012) Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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