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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7322 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7322 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6400 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Jan 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7322 (NWA 7322) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 Apr Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Purchased by Stefan Ralew in April 2012 from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. Petrography: Well-formed, small chondrules and abundant altered metal in the matrix. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, chromite, altered kamacite and troilite. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa18.9-19.2), orthopyroxene (Fs16.7-17.3Wo1.5-1.2), clinopyroxene (Fs6.3-6.5Wo44.8-44.2) Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB102 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, Box 353010 Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 27 Jul 2012) Ralew: Stefan Ralew, Kunibertstraße 29, 12524 Berlin, Germany; Website (private address) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 8904 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1871 unapproved names) |