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Northwest Africa 7264 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7264 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7264 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: 201 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 22 Oct 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
Northwest Africa 7264 (NWA 7264) Northwest Africa Purchased: 2012 Mar Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3) History: Purchased by in Temara, Morocco by Adam Aaronson in March 2012. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Well-formed, fairly closely packed, relatively large chondrules (apparent diameter 2.0±1.6 mm, some with opaque rims) in a finer grained, reddish-brown matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa12.7-38.9; Cr2O3 in ferroan olivines = 0.04-0.08 wt.%, mean 0.06±0.02 wt.%, N =7), orthopyroxene (Fs5.2-11.4Wo0.1-0.9, N = 3), subcalcic augite (Fs7.8Wo38.0). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Specimens: 20 g including one polished thin section at UWB; the remainder is held by Aaronson. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) Aaronson: Sahara Overland Ltd., Harhora, Temara, 12000, Morocco (private address; updated 3 Jan 2010) |
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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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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 9699 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1854 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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