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| Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7080 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7080 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass:  116 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 71 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 2 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Northwest Africa 7080 (NWA 7080) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6, melt breccia) Petrography: Hand specimen shows cm-sized light-gray to dark-brown chondritic fragments set in a fine-grained almost black matrix. Thin sections show chondritic fragments are L6 type and the dark matrix is impact melt with small sulfide and metal droplets set in a glassy, partly recrystallized groundmass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1608: |
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| Institutions and collections |
MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011) |
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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 9092 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||