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Northwest Africa 7535
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 7535
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 7535
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2011
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 810 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 102  (2013)  R3-6
Recommended:  R3-6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites classified as R3-6.   [show all]
Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 27 Jul 2013
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Northwest Africa 7535 (NWA 7535)

Northwest Africa

Purchased: 2011 Nov

Classification: Rumuruti chondrite (R3-6)

Petrography: (K. Metzler, IfP): Genomict breccia, consisting of chondrules, chondrule fragments, and a few chondritic lithic clasts set in a brownish clastic matrix. Chondritic lithic clasts of petrologic type 6 and unequilibrated olivine fragments (Fa0, Fa7, Fa21; not included in the statistics) were found. The sulfides are heavily oxidized.

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Place of purchase:Morocco
Date:P 2011 Nov
Mass (g):810
Pieces:1
Class:R3-6
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):39.9±1.3 (n=17)
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.9±7.4 (n=3); 10.1±1.5 (n=6)
Wollastonite (mol%):1.4±0.9; 45.7±2.1
Classifier:K. Metzler, IfP
Type spec mass (g):20
Type spec location:IfP
Main mass:A. and H. Hmani
Finder:anonymous
Comments:Submitted by K. Metzler
Institutions
   and collections		 IfP: Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany (institutional address; updated 23 Jan 2012)
Hmani: A. Hmani Moroccan Imports, 13 rue Jules Hardouin Mansart, 92600 Asnières, France (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 102, MAPS 50, 1662, September 2015
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

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