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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7165 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7165 Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 80 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 1 Mar 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 106:
Northwest Africa 7165 (NWA 7165) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L/LL3) History: Purchased by Marcin Cimała in 2011 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Closely-packed, well-formed chondrules (apparent diameter 0.2-1.8 mm) are set set within a finer grained matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa8.9-60.8, Cr2O3 in ferroan examples = 0.06-0.13 wt.%, mean 0.10±0.03 wt.%, N = 7), orthopyroxene (Fs2.5-14.2Wo0.3-0.2, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs28.3Wo23.5), augite (Fs2.6Wo40.0). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L/LL3). Specimens: 17.2 g including one polished thin section at PSF; main mass with Mr. M. Cimała. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB106 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) |
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References: | Published in Gattacceca J., Bouvier A., Grossman J., Metzler K., and Uehara M. (2019) Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 106. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 54 in press.
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9627 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1865 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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