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Northwest Africa 7121

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 7121
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7121
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 16.1 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 101	(2012)	CM2
Recommended:			CM2 [explanation]

This is 1 of 636 approved meteorites classified as CM2. [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), CM chondrites, and CM-CO clan chondrites

Comments:

Approved 22 Aug 2012

Writeup

Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7121 (NWA 7121)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011 Oct

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2)

History: Purchased by John Higgins from a dealer in Taliouine, Morocco, in 2011 October.

Petrography: Very small, mostly PO chondrules and some angular mineral fragments in an almost opaque matrix (black with some red tones) containing cronstedtite, tochilinite and fine-grained sulfide.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_0.3-72.2; Cr₂O₃ in ferroan olivine = 0.23-0.30 wt.%), orthopyroxene (Fs_1.1-8.5Wo_1.1-2.1), clinopyroxene (Fs_1.8Wo_42.8; Fs_1.3Wo_52.2).

Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2).

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:

Place of purchase:	Taliouine
Date:	P 2011 Oct
Mass (g):	16.1
Pieces:	1
Class:	CM2
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	low
Fayalite (mol%):	0.3-72.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):	1.1-8.5
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1-2.1
Classifier:	A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):	3.25
Type spec location:	UWB
Main mass:	J. Higgins
Comments:	JH11-8; 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)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names)

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