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Northwest Africa 7130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7130 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7130 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 242 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 487 approved meteorites classified as LL3. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 10 Dec 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 7130 (NWA 7130) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2011 Sep Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by Gary Fujihara in September 2011 from a Moroccan dealer. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fairly closely packed, well-formed, relatively large chondrules (apparent diameter 1.2±0.8 mm, some with thin opaque rims)are set in a finer grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa1.9-81.6; Cr2O3 in ferroan examples is 0.02-0.27 wt.%, mean 0.11±0.10 wt.%, N = 8), orthopyroxene (Fs12.0-24.3Wo2.8-1.3, N = 3), clinopyroxene (Fs8.9-12.0Wo41.8-39.0, N = 2) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 20 g including one polished thin section at UWB; the remainder is held by Mr. G. Fujihara. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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) 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. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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