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Basic information | Name: Northwest Africa 7466 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: NWA 7466 Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: (Northwest Africa) Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 274 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 3 Jun 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 102:
Northwest Africa 7466 (NWA 7466) (Northwest Africa) Purchased: 2012 Jul Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict) History: Purchased from a Moroccan dealer by Gary Fujihara and Adam Bates in July 2012. Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) Fresh monomict breccia composed of medium-grained basaltic eucrite clasts. Minerals are exsolved pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica polymorph, ilmenite, chromite and troilite. Geochemistry: Orthopyroxene Fs61.1-62.3Wo1.7; FeO/MnO = 31), clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae (Fs26.9-27.6Wo43.2-41.8; FeO/MnO = 28-29). Classification: Eucrite (monomict breccia) Specimens: 27.9 g of sample and one polished thin section are on deposit at UWB. The remaining material is held jointly by Gary Fujihara and Adam Bates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Statistics: This is 1 of 9370 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1875 unapproved names) |