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Northwest Africa 7117
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7117
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7117
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 64 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  LL5
Recommended:  LL5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 3299 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL5.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 28 Sep 2012
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Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7117 (NWA 7117)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011 Nov

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5)

Petrography: Purchased by Adam Aaronson in 2011 November in Temara, Morocco. Sparse chondrules. Minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, troilite, taenite and stained kamacite. Olivine (Fa31.9-32.2), orthopyroxene (Fs25.7-25.8Wo1.8-2.4), clinopyroxene (Fs12.1Wo41.0).

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Place of purchase:Temara
Date:P 2011 Nov
Mass (g):64
Pieces:1
Class:LL5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):31.9-32.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.7-25.8
Wollastonite (mol%):1.8-2.4
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):12.8
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:A. Aaronson
Comments:M1317; submitted by A. Irving
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)
UWB: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 9 Oct 2023)
Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9710 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1853 unapproved names)
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