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Northwest Africa 7267
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7267
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7267
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 654 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  L-melt breccia
Recommended:  L-melt breccia    [explanation]

This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L-melt breccia.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Comments: Approved 23 Aug 2012
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Writeup from MB 101:

Northwest Africa 7267 (NWA 7267)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2012 Feb

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L, melt breccia)

History: Purchased by Greg Hupé in 2012 February from a Moroccan dealer at the Tucson Mineral Show.

Petrography: Fresh breccia composed of L4 to L5 chondrite clasts, medium-sized chondrule fragments and related crystal debris in a sparse metal-rich matrix. The interstitial metal forms anastomozing and cuspate zones between the chondrite clasts, which themselves contain moderate amounts of stained kamacite and troilite.

Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa24.0-24.5), orthopyroxene (Fs19.9-20.2Wo1.5-2.0; sparse magnesian cores Fs12.5Wo3.0), clinopyroxene (Fs9.0-10.7Wo43.8-43.5).

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L-melt breccia).

Data from:
  MB101
  Table 0
  Line 0:
Place of purchase:Tucson
Date:P 2012 Feb
Mass (g):654
Pieces:1
Class:L-melt breccia
Shock stage:S5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):24.0-24.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):19.9-20.2
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5-2.0
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.7
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:GHupé
Comments:GH-424; 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)
GHupé: Gregory M. Hupé, 9003 Placid Lakes Blvd., Lake Placid, FL 33852, United States; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, 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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