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Northwest Africa 7229
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7229
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7229
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 125 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Eucrite-pmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-pmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 408 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Dec 2013
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Northwest Africa 7229 (NWA 7229)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2011

Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, polymict)

Petrography: The meteorite is almost completely covered by fusion crust and displays a fresh greyish interior. Different lithic clast are easily discernible and include basaltic lithologies with different grain sizes and dark melt clasts. Mineral fragments are calcic plagioclase and different pyroxenes, i.e. exsolved Ca-rich pyroxenes and often chemically zones Ca-poor pyroxenes. Minor phases are SiO2, chromite, and pyrrhotite.

Geochemistry: opx: Fs4-62.5Wo0.8-5, FeO/MnO=27-36; cpx: Fs17.7-33.2Wo42.1-44.9, FeO/MnO=28-33; calcic plagioclase: An93 (range 89.1-94.8. Orthopyroxenes display compositional zoning with cores as low as Fs4.

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Place of purchase:Erfoud, Morocco
Date:P 2011
Mass (g):125
Pieces:2
Class:Eucrite-pmict
Shock stage:moderate
Weathering grade:low
Ferrosilite (mol%):4-62.5; 17.7-33.2
Wollastonite (mol%):0.8-5; 42.1-44.9
Classifier:A. Greshake, MNB
Type spec mass (g):20.2
Type spec location:MNB
Main mass:Stefan Ralew
Comments:Submitted by Ansgar Greshake
Institutions
   and collections		 MNB: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (institutional address; updated 24 Dec 2011)
Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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