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Northwest Africa 7399
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7399
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7399
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2012
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 258 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  Ureilite
Recommended:  Ureilite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites
Comments: Approved 3 Jun 2013
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Writeup from MB 102:

Northwest Africa 7399 (NWA 7399)

(Northwest Africa)

Purchased: 2012 Apr

Classification: Ureilite

History: Purchased by Beat Booz in April 2012 from a dealer in Marrakech, Morocco.

Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Protogranular assemblage of olivine and grayish pigeonite, both of which have been recrystallized into myriad, very fine grained, polycrystalline aggregates. Grains of both olivine and pyroxene exhibit dark, more magnesian rims containing abundant blebs of iron metal.

Geochemistry: Olivine (cores Fa24.8-24.9; rim Fa12.0), pigeonite (core Fs15.7Wo8.7, rim Fs10.2Wo7.7).

Classification: Ureilite

Specimens: A total of 21.8 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. Mr. B. Booz holds the main mass.

Data from:
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Place of purchase:Marrakech
Date:P 2012 Apr
Mass (g):257.8
Pieces:1
Class:Ureilite
Shock stage:high
Weathering grade:low
Fayalite (mol%):24.8-24.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):15.7
Wollastonite (mol%):8.7
Classifier:A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS
Type spec mass (g):21.8
Type spec location:UWB
Main mass:B. Booz
Comments:BB-40; 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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Coordinates:Unknown.

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